A Sea Change
The world’s first hydrogen-powered commercial ferry began service in San Francisco Bay on July 19, reports the Associated Press.
Stories
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High Cost of Heating Oceans
Don’t forget that warming oceans heavily impact coastal economies, warns Charles Colgan, the director of research at the Center for the Blue Economy at the Middlebury Institute.
Father-Daughter Conservation
Earth and climate sciences assistant professor Allison Jacobel led a trip to Antarctica with her father Bob Jacobel, a physics and environmental professor emeritus at St. Olaf College.
Real Streams, Virtual Lab
Take a virtual field trip on various streams around Middlebury, courtesy of students of Carolyn Dash, assistant professor of biology.
Apocalyptic Comedy
Baby Carl’s Happy Apocalypse, a podcast from the New Perennials project, takes a comedic approach to serious topics like climate change and socioeconomic inequality.
Big-Picture Conservation
Chris Wood ’88 heads Trout Unlimited, whose Priority Waters initiative is coordinating disparate watershed conservation projects among government agencies and partner organizations to expand the scope and impact on landscapes.
To Save a Sea Forest
For the past decade, marine ecologist Stephen Heck ’09.5 has been studying and working to conserve carbon-storing eelgrass meadows off the coast of Long Island.
Multilayer Trail Guide
raduate and undergraduate members of the 2023 Middlebury Social Impact Corps created a digital interpretive guide for Big Sur Land Trust during the summer.
Red State, Green Initiatives
60 Minutes featured the energy innovation work of Wyoming governor Mark Gordon ’79 and Cully Cavness ’09, whose company is redirecting gas flares to power supercomputers.