Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks!
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Leadership
Deb Haaland confirmed to lead Interior in historic vote
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/15/politics/deb-haaland-senate-confirmation-vote/index.html
White House appoints Jane Lubchenco to key climate change role
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/03/19/white-house-science-climate-lubchenco-ostp/
Wildlife
Reddit’s GameStop investors have donated over $350,000 to gorilla conservation
https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/reddits-gamestop-investors-have-donated-over-350000-to-gorilla-conservation/
Endangered whales having a baby boom off East Coast
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/maine/articles/2021-03-15/endangered-whales-having-a-baby-boom-off-east-coast
Technology
Genetic scalpel invented for microalgae to efficiently turn CO2 into biofuel
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-genome-scalpel-industrial-microalgae-efficiently.html