Selected Stories (Full list of clips at end of page)
"Intertidal Entanglements" - Center for Humans and Nature
At the seaward fringe of my coastal city, there is a place that defies the rigidity of hard edges and boundary lines. In this place, where the ocean licks the land, a colorful and lively community thrives in an ecological borderland.
In tune with the clockwork of the moon and sun, the ocean pulls herself back twice each day. In doing so, she unveils the microcosmic worlds of urban tidepools—worlds that occupy the liminal spaces between land and sea and between city and submarine wildlands...
In tune with the clockwork of the moon and sun, the ocean pulls herself back twice each day. In doing so, she unveils the microcosmic worlds of urban tidepools—worlds that occupy the liminal spaces between land and sea and between city and submarine wildlands...
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"An Owl Limpet's Garden" - Urban Field Naturalist Project
Today’s urban tidepool exploration begins as I kneel next to a patch of barren rock occupied solely by a squat, snail-like creature. She is a female Owl Limpet (Lottia gigantea), with ridges and barnacles texturing the top of her conical, chicken-egg-sized shell. As I rub my inquisitive fingers along her serrated upper surface, I notice a green hue and slimy texture—a layer of algae, I deduce—growing upon the surrounding rock. The algal layer is arranged in a striking patchwork pattern, as if a miniature lawn mower had been haphazardly dragged across an overgrown, slippery lawn... |
"Pandemic Planet" - Mangoprism
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic reveals fundamental insights into the structure of our planetary community; we have created a disease-friendly world.
Whitman College Blog
"Frankie Gerraty '19 Investigates Ecosystem Regeneration with CTUIR in Walla Walla, WA"
March 2019
"WIG Intern Frankie Gerraty '19 "Learns By Doing" With CTUIR"
December 2018
"Frankie Gerraty '19 Investigates Ecosystem Regeneration with CTUIR in Walla Walla, WA"
March 2019
"WIG Intern Frankie Gerraty '19 "Learns By Doing" With CTUIR"
December 2018
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