Community Voices

There is general scientific consensus that global mean sea level (GMSL) has risen in the 20th century and at an accelerating rate. This rise is expected to continue throughout the 21st century, with many contributing factors attributable to observed climate change, both natural and anthropogenic. Two primary drivers of sea level rise (thermal expansion of warming seawater and melting of ice sheets and glaciers) account for the bulk of this change, but several other groups of processes also contribute to varying degrees. One such factor is land water storage (LWS), which is generally defined as all forms of terrestrial water excluding land ice, which is modeled separately. Changes in LWS will alter the fluxes of freshwater with the oceans, contributing to a changing GMSL.

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This summer, as part of a groundbreaking research project at Tufts University, I embarked on a mission to weave environmental justice into the fabric of vocational technical (VoTech) education. The urgency of climate change and the evolving job market demands a new approach to vocational training –  one that embraces sustainability and equity. Thanks to the Tufts CREATE Fellowship, my team and I were empowered to conduct an interdisciplinary study that could potentially reshape vocational education for future generations.

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