The MBL is committed to expanding the range of organisms used as biological models and create the next generation of genetically tractable research organisms.
The four contests in the #MBLMarchMadness New Research Organisms Division represent some of these biological models.
📢 Calling all #nature lovers! Grab your gear and help expand our understanding of Earth's #biodiversity. 🌿
Scientists have created an interactive map that can predict where as-yet-undiscovered species might be found.
🗺 Start exploring via @WEF:
https://t.co/rUTRBlqoBc
Our team often comes across PPE items while monitoring our 5 miles of beaches. Recently, the @citybocaraton increased fines for littering these masks at up to $250. Help us by being a part of the solution! Do your part in properly disposing of PPE that is not reusable.
🙌 IT'S DAY 2️⃣ OF OUR GLOBAL VIRTUAL SUMMIT! We're delighted to have Shadrack Osei Frimpong, Nitiya Walker and Harshit Gupta with us at the "Starting from Zero" Social Entrepreneurship Panel!
What inspires you the most? Share with us using the hashtag #SSPGlobalSummit 👋
@PdeMenocal@Columbia@FoSColumbia I can’t believe I never saw this shoutout! Thank you so much! #HappyEarthDay , thank you for all of your support. Looking forward to Sustainable Columbia 2030 :)
"Climate Education that is relevant and personal to students is extremely important." @IzzySeckler representing the #student perspective at the #ICSD2020 Plenary 5 on Pathways for Progress in Climate Change Education in the #USA.
Celebrating #EarthDay2021 by finalizing a truly exceptional @IBE_UNESCO book edited by @radhika_iyengar and @CKwauk: "Education for Climate Action: Toward an SDG 4.7 Roadmap for Systems Change". Positive, brisk, shining with hope and enthusiasm. I can’t wait to see it published.
My dream is for everyone to use all means at their disposal to spark a movement to create a global network of marine protected areas - Hope Spots - large enough to save and restore the ocean. Our fate and the ocean's are one. #SustainableWithNiantic
From now until April 22nd, celebrate #EarthDay with us and receive 22% off of our Sustainable Living and Eco-Friendly Plush collections from our Gumbo Limbo online store. Enter code EARTHDAY at check out. Shop for a cause at https://t.co/ihKJ0XVawE
#EarthWeek has officially begun! 🌎
Every day this week, we'll be bringing you ways to take action for our ocean. 🌊 To kick us off, @InVeritas_Jones shares 3 resolutions we can use to reinvigorate our commitment to preserving our precious blue planet:
https://t.co/fgGOoWUguD
Five-year-old Jhanu smiles from her village’s water pump in India.
Only 3% the world’s water is freshwater and less than 1% is actually accessible for human consumption. We need to urgently combat climate change to protect the water we depend on.