Despair, Kindness, and Connection: An Interview with Dr. Leslie Lewis
BY ALLISON GABLE Dr. Leslie Lewis is a Continuing Lecturer in the Urban Studies and Planning Department at UC San Diego. She runs several...
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- May 19
- 4 min
Oat milk Defaults as Corporate Climate Action
By AVA MCCANDLESS Art by Karolina Grabowska Amidst a climate crisis, the least we can do is stop assuming people take their coffee with...
- Apr 27
- 5 min
I Can't Hear My Brothas and Sistas
By KIDA Art by Kida First, they take our 40 acres, then they poison our underdeveloped and dried-to-hell lands– niggas can’t have shit....
- Apr 8
- 4 min
Coral Reefs in Crisis: How is climate change impacting ocean acidification and coral bleaching?
By Emma Simon Supporting a quarter of all marine species, coral reefs are some of the most beautiful, diverse, and important ecosystems...
- Apr 3
- 4 min
The Persistence of the Cal Falcons: Surviving Through DDT and Climate Change
By Erin Shaotran Image Source Peregrine falcons are known as one of the fastest birds of prey due to their impressive flying speeds and...
- Mar 9
- 16 min
Establishing A Climate-Friendly Tourism System
BY KIDA Art by Kida Introduction The innate human need to seek out adventure, mystery, the wonders of mother nature, and the rich...
- Jan 9
- 7 min
Living on Top of the World
By FINN SCHWARTZ After hiking an exhausting 10 miles with over 2000 feet in elevation gain, I finally found myself looking over the basin...
- Jan 1
- 7 min
THE ROCK-DROP:
Harnessing an Indigenous Land Management Technique to Adapt to Climate Change in San Diego BY ETHAN OLSON INTRODUCTION The San Diego of...
- Dec 16, 2022
- 9 min
Atmospheric River Data: Key to Saving California’s Agricultural Sector
BY ALEX REEP California’s agricultural sector is reliant on the increasingly unpredictable mega-storms, called atmospheric rivers, that...
- Dec 3, 2022
- 6 min
Climate Change and Coastal Infrastructure: How Amtrak is proving to be a Case Study for the future
BY ROUX REILLY A little over a month ago, Amtrack’s Pacific Surfliner had to halt all trains traveling from Oceanside to Irvine due to...
- Oct 27, 2022
- 5 min
Interview with Alexander Weyant on Climate Models and Defining Causality
BY ELEANOR TERNER image source Alexander Weyant is a first year phD student of climate science at Scripps Institute of Oceanography who,...
- Oct 19, 2022
- 4 min
Flames: Three Climate Vignettes
BY DANIEL SJOHOLM 1. The heat was inescapable. "It is hot" was not a temporary statement about the weather, but rather a simple fact of...
- Jun 15, 2022
- 4 min
Is the U.S. Prepared to Protect Climate Refugees?
BY CHIARA FIELDS Through his speech and highly restrictive refugee quotas, President Donald Trump succeeded in cultivating a racist and...
- May 5, 2022
- 5 min
Climate Justice Is Queer Liberation Is Climate Justice
Until we address the unique circumstances of the LGBTQ+ community, we will not achieve climate justice.
- Mar 21, 2022
- 6 min
Coral Reefs Could Be the Next Major Casualty in the Fight against Climate Change
BY BIANCA JUSSEN Imagine a fantastical scenario where we press a button and terminate all anthropogenic causes of greenhouse gas...
- Feb 26, 2022
- 3 min
Coral Reefs: Media’s Negligence in Covering (some) Major Environmental Issues
BY ANASTASSIA ROBERTS Nemo lived in a beautiful home, didn’t he? Anemone was considered shelter, neighboring fish were deemed friends,...
- Feb 11, 2022
- 4 min
Are Tech Billionaires Ruining Our Chances at Combating Climate Change?
BY DANIEL SJOHOLM File photo of a New Shepard launch in 2019. Credit: Blue Origin For as long as humans have existed, we've dreamed of...
- Nov 28, 2021
- 6 min
Krill: The Disappearing Backbone of Marine Ecosystems
BY KARTHY SAJEEV Are we that close to krill-ing off biodiversity as we know it? Apparently so, because keystone species are feeling the...
- Nov 8, 2021
- 4 min
We Are in the Middle of a Sixth Mass Extinction
BY PEYTON DULAY People have heard the stories about dinosaurs and how they went extinct, but what many don’t know is that there is a...
- Oct 27, 2021
- 4 min
Jakarta Sinking
BY ADIKA WITOELAR The global sea level has risen, on average, by 3.6 millimeters per year from 2006-2015, more than double the average...
- Jun 14, 2021
- 5 min
The Need for Seaweed
Why seaweed aquaculture is the solution to copious environmental, health, and socioeconomic problems caused by ocean acidification and great
- Apr 21, 2021
- 8 min
An Interview with Professor Fonna Forman: Why Global Challenges Require Local Solutions
BY OLGA KURILINA AND ELIANA BLACHMAN Professor Fonna Forman is a professor of Political Science and the founding Director of the Center on G
- Mar 30, 2021
- 3 min
The Lithium Triangle: How Electric Vehicles Are Putting Indigenous Communities at Risk
BY SARA BERMAN
The looming threat of climate change has encouraged the effort of seeking new sustainable energy sources, and lithium-powere
- Mar 9, 2021
- 8 min
Interview: Indigenous Communities on Climate Change
BY ANUSHA GOSWAMI
Kathryn Walkiewicz, Assistant Professor of English Literature and citizen of the Cherokee Nation, received her Ph.D. in E
- Feb 25, 2021
- 3 min
A Reproductive Justice Framework for Climate Change
BY KATIE BABSON
The impacts of climate change differ between males and females. To help combat these disproportionate consequences, a gende
- Feb 2, 2021
- 4 min
The Dark Truth Behind Fast Fashion
BY SABINA GRIEBEL
The rising popularity of fast fashion provides people with cheap, trendy clothing - at an extreme social and environmenta
- Jan 26, 2021
- 6 min
Environmental Racism: A Forgotten Issue
BY ALLYSON BRADLEY
A young African-American girl stares out over the horizon from her apartment balcony. She sees the billowing light gray
- Jan 18, 2021
- 3 min
COVID-19's Impact on the Environment
BY SABINA GRIEBEL
The COVID-19 pandemic will cause ramifications across the world even after its eventual declared end. This article examin
- Dec 9, 2020
- 4 min
The Lies of Neoliberalism
BY KATIE BABSON
Neoliberal policies celebrate competitiveness and hyper-individualism, persuading us that prosperity is only possible throu
- Dec 3, 2020
- 3 min
The Problem with Period Products and Sustainable Alternatives
BY SABINA GRIEBEL
This article provides both a brief overview of the history of menstrual hygiene products, their effects on climate change
- Nov 27, 2020
- 3 min
The Effect of Climate Change on Women: An Overview
BY SABINA GRIEBEL
Women are disproportionately affected by climate change - why? And what can be done? This article provides a brief overvi
- Nov 23, 2020
- 4 min
What Climate Change Means for the Future of Infectious Disease
BY HANNAH BUDROE
When people typically think of climate change, they picture droughts, rising sea levels, devastating forest fires, and oth
- Nov 22, 2020
- 4 min
Three Major Consequences of Global Warming
BY JIMO KOO
We are in a global warming crisis. But what does that mean to us? Why should we care about climate change? By listing the poten
- Nov 21, 2020
- 9 min
How Do Scientists Predict Climate Change? An Interview with Nicholas Lutsko
BY ETHAN OLSON
In this interview, Nicholas Lutsko, an assistant professor of climate science at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, an
- Nov 13, 2020
- 3 min
The Health of the Homeless: A Climate Change Problem
BY SOPHIA HIDALGO
This article provides an insight into the health struggles that homeless Californians are facing. Their lack of housing a
- Nov 9, 2020
- 2 min
Florida’s Rising Coast: A Threat to the Lives of Millions
BY HUNTER SIMENTAL-RUYBE
This article takes a look at the rising coast of Florida, with a specific look at the Miami-Dade County area. The
- Nov 1, 2020
- 2 min
Deep Argo Quantifies Bottom Water Warming Rates in the Southwest Pacific Basin
Johnson, G. C., S. G. Purkey, N. V. Zilberman, and D. Roemmich, 2019: Deep Argo Quantifies Bottom Water Warming Rates in the Southwest Pacif
- Oct 29, 2020
- 2 min
Old carbon reservoirs were not important in the deglacial methane budget
M.N.Dyonisius, V.V.Petrenko, A.M.Smith, Q.Hua, B.Yang, J.Schmitt, J. Beck, B.Seth, M.Bock, B.Hmiel, I.Vimont, J.A.Menking, S.A. Shackleton,
- Oct 28, 2020
- 5 min
The World Logistics Center: Lessons from California’s Next Big Environmental Disaster
BY MARC CAMANAG
A large but sleepy city located in Southern California’s bustling Inland Empire, Moreno Valley might seem insignificant at
- Oct 27, 2020
- 4 min
Why the U.S. Should Turn to Natives for Fire-Management
BY ELEANOR TERNER
This article provides insight to those looking into the future after a year with more forest fires than any other in rece
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
Atmospheric rivers drive flood damages in the western United States
Corringham, T.W., F.M. Ralph, A. Gershunov, D.R. Cayan and C.A. Talbot, 2019: Atmospheric rivers drive flood damages in the western United S
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
Observed Impacts of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Wildfire in California
Williams A.P., J.T. Abatzoglou, A. Gershunov, J. Guzman Morales, D.A. Bishop and D.P. Lettenmaier, 2019: The link between anthropogenic clim
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