Tessa Hill: Telling the Ocean’s Secrets
On the Joy and Emotional Weight of Climate Science
"As an oceanographer, Tessa Hill has logged many hours bent over shellfish and wading in seagrass beds, trying to understand ocean acidification, climate change and impacts to marine life and coastal communities.
She wears many hats — associate vice provost for Academic Programs in Public Scholarship and Engagement at UC Davis, professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and at Bodega Marine Laboratory, and mentor to a group of scientists in her Ocean Climate Lab."
"For me, I’ve transitioned that desire for safety or security to ask how we address questions and problems that elevate the safety of everyone in a community, not just the people with resources."