Boyce Upholt
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Boyce Upholt’s Contributions:
The Marine Lab in the Path of Fury
At the DeFelice Marine Center, researchers and staff are living, working, and adapting to climate change in real time.
Nov 1, 2022 | 3,400 words, about 17 minutes
The Controversial Plan to Unleash the Mississippi
Our long history of constraining the river through levees has led to massive land loss in its delta. Can we engineer our way out? And at what cost?
Jul 12, 2022 | 5,300 words, about 26 minutes
The Quest for a Floating Utopia
Can casting away from established society to inhabit sea-based colonies save us from the problems of modern life—or are we bound to repeat our mistakes?
Apr 6, 2021 | 6,200 words, about 31 minutes
Ten Years after Deepwater Horizon, Worries Remain
Efforts to clean up the lingering effects of the oil spill are well underway, but secrecy and deregulation have returned to the Gulf, raising the specter of a repeat.
Apr 20, 2020 | 900 words, about 4 minutes