Author: Nadia

I am director of the Environmental Science & Natural Resource Journalism graduate program at the University of Montana. In Spring of 2024 I am leading students from the University of Montana School of Journalism to Bangladesh as part of our annual International Reporting class.
Feature Stories

Conserving & restoring waterways can mitigate extreme urban heat in Bangladesh

By Riley Comstock Feature Stories This story first ran in Mongabay, an online news site dedicated to global environmental coverage. DHAKA — In pre-monsoon the heat of May, five teenage boys used a rope with knots in it to scale a wall and enter the national botanical gardens in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. They dropped down next to a big pond surrounded by foliage encircled … Continue reading Conserving & restoring waterways can mitigate extreme urban heat in Bangladesh

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A map showing the extent of the 2024 heat wave in
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See it like it is

For decades, Saleemul Huq, a Bangladeshi intellect and climate activist, urged representatives of poorer countries from the global south to “tell it like it is.” Farmers, politicians, activists needed to make global leaders aware of the nitty gritty of the impacts emissions from richer nations have on the poorest of the poor, he said. At the highest levels of climate diplomacy, he argued that richer … Continue reading See it like it is

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Ava Rosvold

I’m a Journalism major focusing on photography at the University of Montana. I’m 21 years old and was born and raised in Wenatchee, Washington. I found my love for photography in the 7th grade when my parents gave me my first camera before going on a three-month road trip across the country. Ever since, I have loved photographing the world around me. In Bangladesh, I will be … Continue reading Ava Rosvold

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Nadia White

I teach reporting, Global Current Events, and graduate courses in environmental journalism at the University of Montana. I am also the director of the graduate program in Environmental Science & Natural Resource Journalism. Every few years those interests align, and I am able to teach International Reporting and lead students on the Montana Journalism Abroad summer experience. The last trip I led was in 2017. … Continue reading Nadia White

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