The next step in harnessing clean wind energy could be building electrical grids in the ocean
NPR
Engineering’s Eric Hines explains how offshore wind-generated power is transmitted to land-based electrical grids
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Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘Shuna’s Journey,’ Finally Translated Into English
New York Times
A&S Professor Susan Napier reviews the first English translation of the picture book “Shuna’s Journey,” by Hayao Miyazaki.
Loss and damage: Who is responsible when climate change harms the world’s poorest countries, and what does compensation look like?
The Conversation
Fletcher’s Bethany Tietjen explains the “loss and damage” costs that developing countries are facing from climate change impacts and how this year’s COP27 could be a crucial moment for making progress on establishing a formal financial mechanism for making payments.
Tigray war: two years on, the AU has failed to broker peace and silence the guns
The Conversation
Mulugeta G. Berhe, identified here as a Fletcher World Peace Foundation Senior Fellow, outlines the diplomatic failures of the African Union in addressing the ongoing civil war in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
“Chip War” traces the evolution of the semiconductor industry
The Economist
This is a review of “Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology" by Fletcher’s Chris Miller
Five practical and proven methods to living better, longer
Boston Globe
Friedman School's Dariush Mozaffarian comments on maintaining a healthy microbiome, noting that “the best diet is one that is rich in prebiotics.” Friedman School's Meng Wang is also quoted about research she led that found an increased risk of cardiovascular disease from red meat consumption, and a 2018 HNRCA study on the benefits of structured exercise for older, sedentary adults is referenced.
Hardly Anybody Has Noticed Somalia Is Having Its Worst Drought Ever. Here's Why
Time
Friedman School’s Daniel Maxwell comments on Americans’ lack of awareness of the drought in East Africa and how public fundraising efforts for the region are not gaining traction.
It’s time to take Kim Jong Un and his nuclear threats seriously
The Conversation
Fletcher’s Sung-Yoon Lee outlines why world leaders should take North Korean President Kim Jong Un’s nuclear threats seriously, noting he is “deadly serious about completing his grandfather’s and father’s mission of reunification of the Korean peninsula.”
People of colour have been shut out of the climate debate. Social justice is the key to the green agenda
Guardian
UEP’s Julian Agyeman examines how environmental issues in low-income areas have been ignored by activists who fail to recognize the importance of equity.