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Reporting Ocean Stories Is Key to Blue Literacy, Planetary Health

As part of a Society of Environmental Journalists publishing project focused on covering climate solutions, we take a closer look at ocean-based solutions. In this special tipsheet, ocean scientist and science writer Juli Berwald offers a primer on the climate-related challenges and possibilities in the global ocean’s physics, chemistry and biology. Plus, check out an expanded toolbox with reporting resources and watch a recent SEJ webinar.

"Huge Underground Search For Mysterious Dark Matter Begins"

"LEAD, S.D. — In a former gold mine a mile underground, inside a titanium tank filled with a rare liquified gas, scientists have begun the search for what so far has been unfindable: dark matter."

Source: AP, 07/11/2022

"A Whale Feeding Frenzy in Antarctica Signals a Conservation Success"

"Once hunted to the brink of extinction, fin whales in the Southern Ocean have rebounded and returned to their historic feeding grounds, according to a new survey."

Source: NYTimes, 07/11/2022

DOE Unveils $40M For Electricity, Weatherization In Low-Income Communities

"The Biden administration on Friday announced more than $40 million in funds toward weatherization and electrification of low-income areas."

Source: The Hill, 07/11/2022

Peter Dykstra Column: "Climate Change Denial And Me"

"Since the 1990’s, I’ve had a front row seat for TV news's abject failure in covering climate change."

Source: EHN, 07/11/2022

"Amazon Deforestation Hits New Record In Brazil"

"Deforestation of the Amazon hit a new record during the first half of 2022, the Brazilian Space Agency reported Friday, deepening concerns that the vast rainforest’s critical role in protecting the planet’s health will be irreparably damaged."

Source: Washington Post, 07/11/2022

"Summer In America Is Becoming Hotter, Longer And More Dangerous"

"Wildfires had been burning for weeks, shrouding Reno, Nev., in harmful smoke, when Jillian Abney and her eight-year-old daughter Izi drove into the Sierras last year in search of cleaner air. The eerie yellow haze that filled the sky had brought summer to an abrupt halt, canceling all of the season’s usual delights."

Source: Washington Post, 07/11/2022

"Wild Species Relied On By Billions At Risk, Report Warns"

"Every day billions of people depend on wild flora and fauna to obtain food, medicine and energy. But a new United Nations-backed report says that overexploitation, climate change, pollution and deforestation are pushing one million species towards extinction."

Source: AP, 07/11/2022

"Biden Admin Signals Support for Controversial Alaska Oil Project"

"The Biden administration took a key step toward approving a huge oil drilling project in the North Slope of Alaska, angering environmental activists who said allowing it to go forward would make a mockery of President Biden’s climate-change promise to end new oil leases."

Source: NYTimes, 07/11/2022

"EPA Seen as Prepared for Big Challenges Ahead of Carbon Rules"

"The EPA’s lawyers and rule writers face challenges as they work to finalize incoming carbon rules that avoid running afoul of the Supreme Court’s recent decision on power plant emissions, but the long runway up to the decision gave the agency adequate time to prepare, court watchers say."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/11/2022

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