WORDS BY ME.

  • Sea Stars Can Lose an Arm and Soldier On. What If Robots Could Do the Same?

    Bioinspiration looks to nature for clues on how to build more efficient, resilient robots

  • A flicker of hope for the world's rarest porpoise

    The latest report shows that the estimated number of endangered vaquita porpoises has modestly increased

  • Earth Is Getting Darker, Which Could Accelerate Global Warming

    The planet’s brightness is dimming—changing rainfall, circulation and temperature.

  • The Law that Saved the whales is under attack

    A landmark law passed more than 50 years ago to protect whales, dolphins and other marine mammals in U.S. waters could be upended.

  • Survival at sea: Cuba is rewriting its coral story

    While ocean warming and coral bleaching events make the headlines around the globe, there's a team of pioneering marine researchers quietly working on new methods to rebuild coral populations more resilient to rising temperatures through groundbreaking means. And it's all happening in Cuba.

  • COVID-19 Shutdowns Saw Human Emissions Slow, but Atmospheric Methane Surged

    An uptick in wetland emissions, as well as a scarcity of atmospheric OH radicals, contributed to the counterintuitive methane spike.

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  • Is Direct Ocean Capture the next frontier in the fight against climate change?

    The carbon-curious had gathered in the Association’s historic Meeting Room to kick off Climate Week with a conversation about marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). The event brought together panelists who shared perspectives on the role of mCDR projects in the climate change fight.

  • Coral Skeletons Hold Secrets to the Past

    In Panama, some 10 meters below the surface of the ocean, divers float in a cloud of white dust. The sound of a giant hydraulic drill cuts through even the muffled underwater soundscape. The crackle of snapping shrimp can barely be heard. This is part of the job description for scientists that study coral cores: long, cylindrical samples taken vertically from large coral colonies. These samples, when studied in a lab, can contain lifetimes. 

  • (Contributions to) Biodiversity Innovations in Offshore Wind White Paper

    Wrote announcement and contributed to the following white paper during my time as a Research Analyst for SeaAhead.

    SeaAhead, in partnership with offshore wind experts Ørsted and The Venterra Group, is thrilled to announce the publication of our latest white paper Winds, Wings, Fins, and Shells: Innovations to Support Biodiversity in Offshore Wind.