Month: July 2020

A blue wave: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on oceans and their role in climate solutions

On By W.W. NortonIn Why Care About the Planet?13 Comments

What if oceans hold the answers to the complex questions surrounding the climate crisis we are facing? Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, a marine biologist, maintains that they do, and explains how the ocean’s vast “healing power” should be the cornerstone of climate policies in this June 8, 2020 Scientific American op-ed. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, "To Save …

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Priced out of protection: Ana Santos Rutschman on the politics of vaccine distribution

On By W.W. NortonIn How is Technology Changing Us?32 Comments

Should countries attempt to get dibs on a COVID-19 vaccine for their own citizens, even if it comes at the expense of more vulnerable populations in other countries? Ana Santos Rutschman, a law professor who specializes in health law and emerging health technologies, asks this question in her June 25, 2020 essay published in The …

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