Yale Environment Review is seeking writers and editors for Spring 2021
Are you interested in environmental communication? The Yale Environment Review (YER) is looking for writers to publish articles on emerging science this semester!
Welcome
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Alaskan Salmon are shrinking. Why does this matter?May 8, 2021Researchers are trying to unravel the mystery behind salmon size declines in Alaska and estimate their implications for humans and ecosystems. Quantifying these declines and understanding their impacts will be critical for future fishery management.
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New study confirms water markets increase productivity of water during droughtApril 15, 2021The increasing incidence of drought in the United States calls for creative ways to distribute limited water resources. Water markets are one response to this challenge, but do they work? A recent study uses data from the Rio Grande Valley to quantify their impact.
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Emergence and diffusion of green bondsApril 7, 2021IPCC estimates an investment of 2.4 trillion dollars in energy systems for a low-carbon economy. It requires financial innovations and an understanding of its emergence and diffusion. Green bonds, a recent financial innovation, have been gaining attention – the roles of various stakeholders, self-reinforcing processes, and widespread acceptance have been vital factors for its growth and distribution. Assessing these parameters helps to better understand obstacles and factors that influence successful dispersion of other financial innovations.
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The Perils and Promises of Urban GreeningMarch 30, 2021Green spaces are essential features of livable and sustainable cities. In order to ensure that everyone benefits from them, researchers, community leaders and city planners need to understand how and when green spaces may contribute to the displacement of low-income communities. Predicting displacement, however, is only the first step to creating better access to parks.
Growth of glacial lakes increases hazards for glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs)
March 22, 2021 New research maps the global extent of glacial lakes and shows that climate change is causing an increase in the size of these lakes across the planet. As glacial lakes grow, the likelihood of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) in high altitude areas is increasing. This study highlights the urgent need for adaptation planning in high risk mountainous communities that may be exposed to GLOFs as the planet warms.
Intersectional Ecofeminist Communication: A New Paradigm for Environmental Communication
March 9, 2021 Engagement at the nexus of environmental and feminist communication studies, until recently, has been cursory. A new field, Intersectional ecofeminist communication studies, aims to address this engagement and offers guiding principles for approaching environmental communication challenges.
Pulling in the public to embrace the adoption of electric vehicles
March 2, 2021 Policy interventions such as effective incentive and reward-based “pull measures", rather than restrictive penalty-based “push measures”, can be instrumental in shaping the public’s perception of clean transportation adoption. Policy makers can leverage this knowledge to design policies that influence public behavior positively and enable the public to make more environmentally conscious choices.
Largest Arctic Expedition Ever Overcomes Unprecedented Challenges to Tackle Climate Research
February 25, 2021 The largest Arctic research expedition ever has recently returned from a year drifting in an ice floe. Dr. Janin Schaffer, an oceanographer and Team Lead on the MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate) expedition, explains the significance of this research for understanding global climate change uncertainties.