Dayna Carney
@daynacarney
Dayna Carney
@daynacarney
Before the Internet, if you were in need of some facts you might actually decide to consult an old person, like the one living in your finished basement.
Online culture encourages young people to turn themselves into a product at an age when they’re only starting to discover who they are. When an audience becomes emotionally invested in a version of you that you outgrow, keeping the product you’ve made aligned with yourself becomes an impossible dilemma.
Even so, I was also a teenager, making decisions based on the visibility that our culture teaches us to desire. I knew that my audience wanted to feel authenticity from me. To give that to them, I revealed pieces of myself that I might have been wiser to keep private.
First and foremost, address data gaps, says Maharaj. "We don't have data on future sea-level rise and wave climate projections for most islands. Think about that. We're so exposed and vulnerable on our coastlines." Islands also need more information on the value of ecosystems services to tackling climate change, she says, and studies to model their
... See more" This book is Rick Rubin’s design. While I often made recommendations, I did not make any design choices. All of the choices were Rick’s."
Because that’s what it was like before the Internet. You made your own fun.
This element of neighbourly communication is hugely important for early warning systems, says Jennifer Trivedi, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Delaware's Disaster Research Center.
"Often, when I ask people in the field where they heard about an incoming hurricane, or changing floodwaters, they talk about hearing it from
... See moreRodgers says, the stages for this year’s show could only be about half the size they have been in previous years. There was also the matter of getting them on and off the field swiftly. The crews had about 7.5 minutes to set up this year’s performance and about six to take it down. “That’s the science you have to inject into an artist’s world,”
... See moreDue to climate change, some scents—and the stories attached to them—are at risk of being lost.