Biodiversity
These pieces explore species and ecosystems facing the threat of extinction, the lessons that their declines offer humanity, and articulate hope for the conservation of our earth’s biodiversity for generations to come.
Biodiversity, Food & Water, Max Scheiner, Spring 2024
The Mega Impact of Microplastics: the Reality of the “Great” Pacific Garbage Patch
Georgetown student, Max Scheiner breaks down the true implications of the Pacific Garbage Patch.
April 17, 2024
Biodiversity, Climate & Energy, Oswaldo Villena, Spring 2024
The Impact of Global Warming on Human and Avian Malaria
April 1, 2024
Biodiversity, Brian M. Griffiths, Environmental Justice, Food & Water, Spring 2024, Sustainability
Food, Culture, and Conservation in Maijuna Lands
March 15, 2024
Adam Shaham, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Spring 2024, Sustainability
Challenges in Mangrove Restoration: Does it Work?
March 11, 2024
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Adam Shaham, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Spring 2024, Sustainability
Challenges in Mangrove Restoration: Does it Work?
Georgetown alumni Adam Shaham explains his Fulbright research on mangrove restoration.
March 11, 2024
Biodiversity, Cecilia Cassidy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Fall 2023, Madhura Shembekar, Summer 2023
Extinction Rebellion: Inciting Controversy–and Conversation–Since 2018
Extinction Rebellion, a U.K.-based, radical environmental group, uses public acts of civil disobedience to spark conversation about the climate emergency.
September 21, 2023
Biodiversity, Maya Snyder, Spring 2023
Invasive Insects: Examining the Spread of The Cabbage White Butterfly
Researchers at Georgetown University are using cutting-edge mathematical models to map species evolution in a changing world.
June 20, 2023