Share of global plastic input *from rivers* to the ocean: Asia: 86% Africa: 8% S. America: 5% Central & N. America: 1% Europe: 0.3% Australasia: 0.02% Most don't get excited about waste management, but it's critical to addressing global plastic pollution ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollut…

A graph worth pondering. Energy-related CO2 emissions in the US have been declining - but increased sharply in 2018. More at rhg.com/research/preli… via Rhodium Group and wapo.st/2Fd4FM3?tid=ss….

How you move matters! per capita CO2 emissions in the US are among the highest in the world - more than 3X the world average and transportation has become the largest source of CO2 emissions in the US more at ourworldindata.org/co2-and-other-… and rhg.com/research/preli…

Took the train for a DC-Florida work trip last week - convenient, pleasant, less expensive and lower CO2 emission than flying, and energy efficient! CO2 for my trip - car: 0.55 tonnes / plane: 0.27 tonnes / train: 0.03 tonnes carbonfootprint.com assistive.amtrak.com/h5/assistive/r…

A wonderful UMD student honored me with a donation to Pathfinder International, one of my favorite organizations. Empowering women matters! pathfinder.org ourworldindata.org/fertility-rate

Thank you U.S. National Science Foundation! Duygu (B. Duygu Özpolat, Ph.D.), Elaine (Elaine Seaver), and I were recently awarded an NSF-EDGE to develop functional approaches for studying annelid regeneration. Can't wait to move this project forward! More at wormsontheedge.weebly.com and Worms on the Edge.

2 research technician positions available for our new NSF project on functional approaches in annelid regeneration! - w/ Elaine Seaver (Elaine Seaver) at Whitney Laboratory in Florida - w/ Alexa Bely (AlexaBely) at U Maryland More at wormsontheedge.weebly.com/positions.html Please help spread the word!

“Right here, right now is where we draw the line. The world is waking up. And change is coming, whether you like it or not.” My full speech in United Nations General Assembly. #howdareyou youtu.be/v33ro5lGHQg

A remarkable find! More at: nautiluslive.org/video/2019/10/…