By Katherine Hernandez, Edited by Hayley Bricker I made the mistake of going late in the day for my pan dulce. On a Thursday afternoon I ventured out, having started my day with a concha and now seeking to end it with one (or preferably a puerquito, but evening prowlers…

By Jory Lerback; Edited by Hayley Bricker Racial diversity is lacking in academia and the broader fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); particularly in my own primary research discipline of Earth science. Policies often aim to “foster resilience,” or support the development of personal traits that marginalized people…

By Environmental Justice Working Group Members This piece is inspired by Melanin Basecamp’s article, “5 Reasons Why You Should Keep Geotagging” “From my perspective, geotagging should not be an issue; I think it is good for the fields of geoscience and environmental justice for us to share the intrinsic value…

By Jade Knighton; Edited by Jasper Modha On August 17th, the U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary, David Bernhardt, announced plans to move forward with leasing land in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to allow for oil drilling. According to Bernhardt, lease sales could occur within mere months, before the…

By Jasper Modha In the UCLA botanical garden, with the surroundings of the wind in my hair, my fingers brushing against flowers, the sun on my skin, and the sounds of birds and people in the background, I was interviewed for a series of storytelling videos describing experiences in science…

By Ilian DeCorte; Edited by Randy Flores For many of us, the allure of the dinosaurs has always been strong. Movies like The Land Before Time and Jurassic Park gave rise to a generation enchanted by these great beasts. Because of their widespread popularity, the extinction of the dinosaurs is…

By Hayley Bricker; Edited by Ilian DeCorte Typhoon Hagibis A super-typhoon, a typhoon of particularly strong sustained winds (≥150 mph), made landfall in Japan on October 12th, devastating the country with record-setting rainfall, wind speeds, and flooding. A typhoon is a circular storm that forms over warm waters with wind speeds greater…

By Randy Flores; Edited by Ilian DeCorte Overview of the Recent IPCC Special Climate Report on the Oceans You may have recently heard news about the release of a report related to climate change which came in the midst of global protests urging policymakers to take action in response to the ongoing climate crisis. The Special Report on the Ocean and…

By Mahala Herron-Rutland; Edited by Hayley Bricker It is not every day that you meet someone who denies climate change. At least, I have only seen such people on TV or in the news. However, last fall, I met a nonbeliever in the flesh. Randy Thomas* was my Uber driver…