Responding to the teachings of Pope Francis to engage in dialogue about the challenges and needs of planet earth in an era of intense climate degradation, Santa Clara University is hosting a two-day conference, Our Future on a Shared Planet: Silicon Valley in Conversation with the Environmental Teachings of Pope Francis.
An increase in woody vines in tropical forests may be significantly accelerating climate change, Marquette University scientists determined in a first-ever forest-level experimental study on the subject. The three-year project by Marquette biologists found that the amount of carbon absorbed in a tropical forest in Panama decreased by 76 percent per year when the woody vines, called lianas, were present.
America Media and the Ignatian Solidarity Network have announced six finalists for their co-sponsored student social justice film contest, Voices From the Margins’15. College undergraduates across the country were invited to create short films that engage social justice topics and illuminate voices on the margins of society. Over 70 submissions were received from more than fifty universities throughout the U.S.
