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What Whales Reveal About the Ocean We Want
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Most of us fall for the ocean long before we know anything about it. It might start with a favorite childhood movie, a trip to the aquarium, finding a cool shell on the beach, or seeing a dolphin...
Scientific Integrity Cannot Defend Itself
Scientists engage with community members through Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Science in the Community program. Credit: Courtesy of Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Many people who care about the role of science in government decision-m...
The Habit and the Science
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Most mornings, before I look at my phone, check my email, or speak a word to anyone, I sit quietly for 15 minutes and meditate, sometimes with an app for guidance. I can’t tell you exactly what this habit doe...
Science, Policy, and Other News that Caught My Eye
Greetings, SciLight readers ~~.~~ Here’s one that blew my mind this week: Trump Blames Minnesota, Not Iran, for Cyberattack, Despite Initial Investigation - The New York Times – on its own water systems. How crazy is that? When, in fact, Sc...
States Are Stepping Up on Ocean Health
Pacific Ocean view through the hillsides of Ecola State Park. Photograph courtesy of the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
As millions of Americans head to beaches, lakeshores and coastal com...
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Dr. Jacob Carter studies and reports on how science influences government decision making. He is an expert in scientific integrity, science-informed policy processes, and holds a Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology.
Former Executive Director of the Union of Concerned Scientists. Current Board member of the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) and The Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU.
I am a strategic communicator, storyteller, and nature enthusiast. I write about the fight to protect the environment, science, the politics of the planet, and the stories that shape our future.
Former technocrat, trained scientist, with 3 decades of federal government experience
Jessie has over 15 years of experience working in public policy development, advocacy, and stakeholder engagement at local to international scales.
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