MIIS Environmental Policy/Ocean and Coastal Resource Management Alum & Journalist Nick Rahaim (IEP OCRM “22) was honored by the Society of Environmental Journalists for his 2022 piece in Hakai Magazine: “Clever Whales and the Violent Fight for Fish on the Line: As a commercial fisher, I’ve watched colleagues shoot at whales looting from their lines. Here’s why everyone loses when that happens.” Now two years later, an Alaska fishing captain has been held accountable for a similar crime.
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Turning the Tide: Ocean Climate Action Next Steps
Ahead of World Oceans Day 2024 on June 8, the Center for the Blue Economy in partnership with more than 60 marine and environmental organizations released a report highlighting the Biden Administration’s leadership on ocean climate action and key next steps.
The Call of the North: Institute Students Find Meaningful Work and Impact Focusing on the Arctic
| by Mark C. Anderson
Over the years, dozens of Institute students have been drawn to explore environmental issues involving the Arctic and found their way into a wide variety of careers.
Middlebury Institute Launches New Online Course on the Blue Economy
| by Sierra Abukins
Get oriented to a new way of thinking about sustainably generating wealth from the ocean and how to define, measure, manage and finance the blue economy from a leading expert and economist.
Study Shows Estuaries Bring Wide Benefits Worth Millions to Surrounding Areas
| by Mark C. Anderson
The Center for the Blue Economy’s collaboration on a recent study of a decade-long project to renew wetlands in Washington shines light on how healthy coastal habitat drive the economy, sequester carbon and reduce flooding.
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Dr. Charles Colgan contributes to the Fifth National Climate Assessment
The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the scientific foundation to support informed decision-making across the United States. Dr. Charles Colgan, Director of Research at the Center for the Blue Economy co-authored Chapter 10: Ocean Ecosystems and Marine Resources.
Historic Logbooks & Adventures at Sea
The Middlebury Institute attracts amazing faculty and students, and affords amazing opportunities. This spring and summer, MIIS students became published authors, filled a missing gap in historic scientific knowledge, and sailed the open seas.