Black environmentalists making a difference in their communities
Nan Kirlin
As the month of February quickly draws to a close, it is important to highlight prominent black environmentalists that have been nationally and internationally accredited.
The first is one from our very own state of North Carolina. Savonala Savi Horne is executive director of Land Loss Prevention Project. Her organization works to prevent the loss of land in African-American communities throughout North Carolina.
They were incorporated in 1983 with the intent to stop the massive losses of Black owned land in the state and in 1993 they broadened their scope to include legal support and assistance to all financially distressed and/or limited resource farmers and landowners throughout the state.
We looked for symptoms of these particular disorders because emotionally traumatic events in one s lifetime are known to trigger them, said senior author Jyoti Mishra, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.
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The first of three virtual “Perspectives on Ocean Science” lectures presented by Birch Aquarium in La Jolla focused on atmospheric rivers and the impact they may have on California’s climate.
Meteorologist Alexander Gershunov discussed “The Art and Science of Atmospheric Rivers and the Changing Hydroclimate of the West” on Feb. 8.
He said he studies “how regional weather patterns and extreme weather events are related to climate change and how to use those relationships to predict weather and climate better” and that he is also interested in the effects of extreme weather on society.
An atmospheric river is a “filament of very moist and windy conditions that is longer than it is wide,” Gershunov said.
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. â States are rolling back COVID-19 restrictions, even as the federal government warns of highly contagious variants.
âI think people honestly are starting to give up hope in a lot of ways, because it s been open, close, open, close, said Kimberly Prather, professor at UC San Diego and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Prather has studied aerosols for nearly 30 years and has been sharing her research with public health officials, like Dr. Anthony Fauci.
âWeâre not medical doctors, but we do understand aerosols and how they float in the air like cigarette smoke, said Prather.