By Andria Ostrowski Read Time: 504 words, about 3 minutes. Vegetated coastal wetlands including saltmarshes, mangrove forests and seagrass meadows store large amounts of carbon, protect shorelines from storms and erosion, support enormous biodiversity and improve water quality by filtering nutrients, contaminants and sediments. Despite their ecological and economic importance, increasing human settlement and development [...]
Month: January 2021
ENVIRONMENTAL ANTHROPOLOGIST TACKLES DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WATER AND PEOPLE
Author: Alyssa Giffin Read Time: 935 words about 6 minutes. Transition is a five-part blog series, the sequel to Emergent, that follows ARI’s Post-Doc Research Fellows as they navigate the next stage of their academic journey post-PhD. Take a journey with them and hear about some of the lessons they have learnt and what drives [...]