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Civic engagement is a core value for me. I have always aspired to help the communities I’m from.” Mazaher Kaila, a Maxwell alumna and third-year student at Syracuse University's College of Law, moved with her family from Sudan to Central New York when she was four years old. “I realized that to make meaningful change in society, I needed to understand the systems that power it—government and politics—and that’s insight I would gain by studying political science.”
Mazaher Kaila ’19, L’22
political science, law
Pralle Quoted in Salon Article on Sea Level Rise, Climate Disasters
September 14, 2022
Salon
A new pair of studies reveals one possible—even likely—pathway for which sea level rise might play out on Earth, and flood our coastal cities. One study involves the Thwaites Glacier, the widest glacier in the world. Researchers have already determined that the Thwaites Glacier is melting at dangerous levels, and the new study reveals the severity of the problem.
The second study found that Greenland's rapidly melting ice sheet will raise global sea levels by at least 10.6 inches, more than twice as fast as experts previously thought.
Sarah Pralle, associate professor of political science and expert on environmental politics and policy, climate change and energy, says that the new studies suggest "that our previous models of climate change impacts have likely underestimated the scale and timeline of major climate disasters such as sea level rise."
"Policymakers and political leaders need to take note and intensify and speed up their responses to the climate threat, to give us the best possible chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change," Pralle argues.
Read more in the Salon article, "Glaciers and 'zombie ice': The planet is melting at both ends, research finds."
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BaoBao Zhang Joins First Cohort of AI2050 Early Career Fellows
One of only 15 scholars chosen from across the U.S., Zhang will receive up to $200,000 in research funding over the next two years. Zhang will use the funding to partner with the nonprofit, non-partisan Center for New Democratic Processes to test whether public participation in AI governance is increased through the creation of public assemblies, known as “deliberative democracy workshops.”
Baobao Zhang
Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Pralle Quoted in Salon Article on Sea Level Rise, Climate Disasters
September 14, 2022
Salon
A new pair of studies reveals one possible—even likely—pathway for which sea level rise might play out on Earth, and flood our coastal cities. One study involves the Thwaites Glacier, the widest glacier in the world. Researchers have already determined that the Thwaites Glacier is melting at dangerous levels, and the new study reveals the severity of the problem.
The second study found that Greenland's rapidly melting ice sheet will raise global sea levels by at least 10.6 inches, more than twice as fast as experts previously thought.
Sarah Pralle, associate professor of political science and expert on environmental politics and policy, climate change and energy, says that the new studies suggest "that our previous models of climate change impacts have likely underestimated the scale and timeline of major climate disasters such as sea level rise."
"Policymakers and political leaders need to take note and intensify and speed up their responses to the climate threat, to give us the best possible chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change," Pralle argues.
Read more in the Salon article, "Glaciers and 'zombie ice': The planet is melting at both ends, research finds."
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