Scientific American • 27th March 2020 Ocean Species Are Shifting toward the Poles Changes in species abundance can throw food chains out of whack and put livelihoods at risk
Scientific American • 12th February 2020 Deadly Air Pollution Doesn't Respect State Borders U.S. federal authorities have recently been reluctant to step in to mediate cross-border air quality issues among states
Scientific American • 7th October 2019 How Do We Prevent Pets from Becoming Exotic Invaders? Outlawing possession does not appear to stem the release of alligators, snakes and other problematic species
Scientific American • 19th September 2019 Silent Skies: Billions of North American Birds Have Vanished Though waterfowl and raptor populations have made recoveries, bird populations have declined since 1970 across nearly all habitats
Scientific American • 18th September 2019 Deforestation Intensifies Warming in the Amazon Rain Forest Slash-and-burn farming may actually harm local crops as a result of increased temperatures
Scientific American • 12th September 2019 Migrating Birds May Be Collateral Damage for a Popular Pesticide Neonicotinoids may be partly responsible for declines in songbird populations
Scientific American • 7th August 2019 Brazil's Sacked Space Director Speaks Out on Attacks on Science Ricardo Galvão discusses his dismissal after Amazon deforestation data rankled President Bolsonaro
Scientific American • 30th April 2019 As Pesticide Turns Up in More Places, Safety Concerns Mount A growing body of research is challenging the assumption that neonicotinoids are safer and less likely to spread than other pesticides
Scientific American • 26th April 2019 Is the EPA Stifling Science on Chemical Toxicity Reports? Critics say changes to the agency’s review process will harm public health
Scientific American • 21st March 2019 Study on Weed-Killers and Monarch Butterflies Spurs Ecological Flap Some scientists question museum data analysis that suggests Roundup is not responsible for the insects’ decline
Scientific American • 7th February 2019 Putting Solar Panels on Water Is a Great Idea, but Will It Float? The U.S. has been slow to embrace the technology, even though Japan and China are zooming ahead
Scientific American • 17th January 2019 Bitter Reality: Most Wild Coffee Species Risk Extinction Worldwide Researchers surveyed the world’s 124 coffee species and found more than half are threatened.
South Side Weekly • 30th October 2018 Concerning the Environment A month-long showcase of installations and interactive events in and around Woodlawn provokes questions of our place in nature and its place in our communities.
