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The following is an excerpt from Climate Resilience by Kylie Flanagan, published by North Atlantic Books, copyright © 2023 by Kylie Flanagan. Reprinted by permission of North Atlantic Books. About Amee Raval Amee Raval is laying the foundation for more holistic climate resilience and adaptation work in so-called California. After reading some of Amee’s opinion...

Karen Nickel and Dawn Chapman met at an air-sampling event created in response to alarming odors in their neighborhood. “The odors were unlike anything we'd ever experienced,” Dawn explained. “They were causing our eyes to swell and burn and our noses to bleed.”  Just a week prior, in the middle of planning her daughter’s fifth birthday party, Dawn le...

Many of the people COMPASS works with are interested in engaging with young students about science topics, whether it’s sharing the excitement of scientific discovery with kindergarteners or the possibilities of a science career with high schoolers. We’re always interested in learning about how people are putting their engagement skills to use!  Recently, w...

I became a US citizen in 2018 after a 17 year immigration process and in just two weeks, I will have lived half my life in the US. In the US, unlike in my own country, I was able to go to college, start my career, feel safe, and had the opportunity to thrive. However, since I started doing conservation with a historical and justice perspective, I’ve felt tokenize...

Dr. Juliano Palacios Abrantes is a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His work looks at the social-ecological implications of climate change on fisheries management and marine conservation. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, a M.Sc. from the University of California, and a B.Sc. in Biology from the Universidad Au...

Sometimes I miss the feeling of cold, sticky mud between my fingers. I started out as a wetland scientist. For several years, I got to spend my days in coastal wetlands in Mexico, dynamic ecosystems at the interface of desert and sea. I fell in love with these vibrant but vulnerable systems while in college, because they are incredibly beautiful but overlooked habi...