Selva Ozelli, Esq., CPA.
Selva Ozelli Esq, CPA, is a legal and finance executive with diversified experience dealing with highly complex issues in the field of international taxation and related matters within the banking, securities, Fintech, alternative and traditional investment funds (investing in equity, debt, real estate, derivatives, credit instruments, mortgage-backed securities) and aerospace industries. Her first-of-its-kind legal analyses involving tax laws, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), blockchain technology, solar technology, and the environment have been published in journals, books, and by the OECD. Her writings have been translated into 15 languages.
Selva Ozelli's Latest Articles
Environment
interviewMargie Turrin of Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory discusses climate literacy, Hudson River fieldwork, polar science, youth engagement, and the emerging environmental challenges of AI and data centers.
EnvironmentinterviewLamont-Doherty geophysicist Dr. Michael Steckler has spent 25 years studying Bangladesh, where a locked subduction zone beneath the world's largest delta could one day produce an M8.2 earthquake. He explains how soft sediments amplify shaking, why Bangladesh escaped the 2004 tsunami, and why 2026's deadly quakes reflect where people live rather than a change in […]
EnvironmentinterviewColumbia atmospheric chemist Dr Roisin Commane measures greenhouse gases everywhere from Arctic permafrost to the streets of New York. She explains what changed when the city banned high-sulfur fuel oil, why the 2023 Canadian wildfire smoke was so dangerous to breathe, and why electrifying heating matters more for clean air than electrifying cars.
EnvironmentinterviewBiological oceanographer Sheean Haley explores the hidden importance of marine phytoplankton, the effects of climate change and pollution, and how art, citizen science and ecological stewardship can deepen our connection with the natural world.
EnvironmentinterviewFrom a 500-million-year-old magma chamber in southwest Nigeria to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Dr Folarin Kolawole has built a career studying how continents pull apart. We spoke about the mentors who shaped his path, the hidden 200-million-year-old faults that produced the 4.8 magnitude New York/New Jersey earthquake, and whether a warming planet means a shakier […]
Environment
inspirationFrom a pre-dawn CBS News broadcast at the National Lighthouse Museum to Governor Hochul's year-long pause on hyperscale data centres, New York is weighing the environmental cost of AI compute. Wildfire smoke, flash floods and a constitutional green amendment set the scene, while SpaceX, Meta and others look to orbit for power the grid can […]
EnvironmentinspirationEvery June 30th, International Asteroid Day marks the anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska event and raises public awareness about asteroid impact hazards, planetary defense, and the global programs tracking near-Earth objects. This year, explore how LDEO's Flags of Science exhibition by Selva Ozelli connects asteroid research, planetary origins, and space-based solar power in honor of […]
Climate ChangeinspirationLondon Climate Action Week 2026 unites art, environment, and history through four collaborative exhibitions marking America's Semiquincentennial. From Selva Ozelli's Flag CCL series across four museums to the Statue of Liberty Art Show featuring Hunt Slonem, these shows bridge UK–US climate collaboration with ocean conservation, blue carbon, and the global spread of liberty—just days before […]
EnvironmentinspirationWorld Oceans Day 2026 arrives under the theme "Reimagine," marking a historic milestone: with the High Seas Treaty now in force, over 10% of the global ocean is officially protected. Explore the treaty's four pillars and discover five art exhibitions by Selva Ozelli celebrating marine biodiversity and conservation.
EnvironmentinterviewDr. Michael Kaplan — Lamont Research Professor at Columbia's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and newly named 2026 Guggenheim Fellow — reflects on his journey through CU Boulder, decades reconstructing past glacial change from Patagonia to the Laurentide ice sheet, and what accelerating glacier retreat across the Americas means for the climate fight ahead.
BiodiversityinspirationFrom the mass die-off of woodcocks in Cape May and nearly 400 Canada geese lost to avian flu on Long Island, to the remarkable rescue of the Lord Howe Island Woodhen from just 16 birds in 1980, Selva Ozelli explores how a brutal 2026 winter, disease, and dedicated naturalists like Ian Hutton are reshaping what […]
EnvironmentinterviewEmilie McGlone, Director of Peace Boat US and United Nations liaison, shares how the organization's "floating university" connects people across borders to advance peace, ocean conservation, and climate action. She discusses the upcoming 123rd Global Voyage, the Ocean Gala in New York City on June 10, 2026, the Youth for the SDGs scholarship, and the […]