News

2024
shark fin shop

Why banning the practice of chopping off shark fins is not saving sharks

Dino Grandoni

The Washington Post

A map of fishing activity around the world, showing tracked and untracked vessels

These satellite maps reveal rampant fishing by untracked ‘dark vessels’ in the world’s oceans

Christian Thorsberg

Smithsonian Magazine

map of vessel traffic and offshore infrastructure

How crowded are the oceans? New maps show what flew under the radar until now

Justine Calma

The Verge

satellite mapping reveals extensive industrial activity at se

Human activity is powering ‘a new industrial revolution’ at sea, say experts

Karen McVeigh

The Guardian

fishing boat at sunset

Off-radar fishing threatens efforts to preserve stocks, study warns

Susannah Savage

Financial Times

2023
offshore wind turbine

Researchers poised to study the joint effects of climate change and offshore wind energy development on U.S. West Coast fisheries

Sonia Fernandez

The Current

kings canyon trees

Trees are in trouble

Harrison Tasoff

The Current

emlab logo over snowy landscape

emLab December 2023 newsletter

Kelsey Jack presenting at the Yale Climate, Environment & Economic Growth Conference 2023

EGC Voices In Development Podcast, Season 2 Episode 2: Kelsey Jack

Yale Economic Growth Center

rundown houses along water

The inequality of environmental damage

Tamma Carleton and Reed Walker

VoxDev

fish trawler off african coast

A ‘fish cartel’ for Africa could benefit the countries, and their seas

Sonia Fernandez

The Current

emlab logo over fall leaves

emLab November 2023 newsletter

golden gate bridge

Gavin Newsom wants to export California’s climate laws to the world

Coral Davenport

New York Times

emlab logo over fall mountainscape

emLab October 2023 newsletter

community flooding

Environmental economics and policy in low- and middle-income countries

Robin Burgess and Kelsey Jack

VoxDev

emlab logo over fall tree

emLab September 2023 newsletter