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COVID-19 continues to spread across the US, with Brazil and India following in the highest number of cases of the virus. From getting married over Zoom to walking dogs with a drone, the pandemic has already shattered many assumptions we…Read More

This article was updated on July 3rd, 2021. Happy July 3rd, my friends! Yes, it’s already July if you can believe it. With the seventh month of the year comes picnics, water lilies, Plastic Free July, Independence Day in the…Read More

There are many issues to watch in 2020 and some that have been developing for decades are about to make big changes. One of those to follow up on is the constant fight between the protection of land and present…Read More

Starting in 2017, a team of scientists and researchers embarked on the Growing Islands project. This project has continued in the following three years to identify and test a potential way to mitigate the effects of sea level rise on island and…Read More

Header Image Credit: Christina M. Larsen, Artist and Designer, christinamlarsen.com “Nothing can be changed until it is faced.” James Baldwin Many Americans are facing the rude awakening that racism has been their next-door neighbor all this time. It may not…Read More

This article was updated on June 8th, 2021. Today, the world celebrates and acknowledges the importance of oceans in the health of the planet. With the ocean’s theme: Life and Livelihoods, this year’s World Oceans Day focuses on the ocean’s role within…Read More

Actions are required in the most critical moments of life. Today we celebrate one of the most consequential aspects of our life: our environment. If you think about it, whether it’s the food we eat, the water we drink, or…Read More

Picture: Insurancequotes.com In the United States, Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial kick-off of the summer, and so June is traditionally the month when heat awareness begins. In recent years, the average temperatures have been consistently increasing with 2019 being…Read More

National Women’s Health Week is a celebration that starts every year with Mother’s Day and ends on May 16th and serves as a reminder of the importance of making physical and mental health a priority.  It’s the perfect time to…Read More

The age-old pastime of sitting in the grass and looking to the sky, picking out the clouds that look like a ship with full sails or an elephant or a dolphin, is a pleasant game of imagination. But when I…Read More