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, Camber Vincent, Spring 2024, Sustainability
High-Seas Fishery Managers Should Oppose Deep-Sea Mining
Camber Vincent (SFS ’24 ) breaks down the potential threat of deep-sea mining to marine ecosystems.
July 30, 2024
Biodiversity, Cecilia Cassidy, Food & Water, Spring 2024, Sustainability
From the Hilltop to the Field: A Georgetown Professor’s Journey into Sustainable Agriculture
July 26, 2024
Biodiversity, Cecilia Cassidy, Janet Mann, Spring 2024, Sustainability
Searching for Dolphins in the Potomac River
July 26, 2024
Biodiversity, Food & Water, Max Scheiner, Spring 2024
The Mega Impact of Microplastics: the Reality of the “Great” Pacific Garbage Patch
April 17, 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