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Timber salvaged from New York City buildings reveals ancient climate
Old-growth forests once covered the eastern United States, but they were almost entirely decimated by the early 1900s after centuries of commercial logging. Yet wood from those forests survives, much of it tucked behind the walls of New York City buildings. The tree rings on these timbers are sources of historical climate data, which is why researchers are working to recover them.
(National Geographic, Oct. 2021)
Latinx Writers Couldn’t Get Hollywood’s Attention. So They Came Up With Another Way
During last year’s Latinx Heritage Month, Nuyorican actor and filmmaker Dominique Nieves launched a mentorship initiative for up-and-coming Latinx television writers having a harder-than-normal time getting their foot in the door.
(Refinery29, Sept. 2021)
A Journalist’s Unmatched Access
In February 2013, after conducting a widely condemned nuclear weapons test and just days before leader Kim Jong Un infamously welcomed visiting NBA star Dennis Rodman, North Korea launched its first mobile internet network. Though it was only available to foreigners, it was a newsworthy move for a totalitarian regime with a decades-long policy of extreme isolation. As the Korea Bureau chief for the Associated Press, Jean H. Lee reported all of this news from Pyongyang.
(Columbia College Today, Fall 2021)
Inside the Movement to Abolish Colonialist Bird Names
Last year, the American Ornithological Society accepted a proposal to rename a bird linked to a racist figure. And there’s more where that came from.
(Outside, February 2021)