I think it’s fair to say that when most folks think about conservation, or biology in general, money is not the first thing that pops into their heads. Indeed, many people I know in those fields consider money, commerce and economics to be somewhat foreign, a necessary evil perhaps, to keep society going and keep . . . → Read More: For sale?: one reef, well-loved
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By para_sight, on  February 8th, 2012  2 comments  Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conferences, Conservation & Environment, Coral  Coral Restoration Foundation, Georgia Aquarium, PERC By RickMac, on January 23rd, 2012 6 comments Bringin' It, Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Fishing, Opinion, Ramblings causality, conservation strategy, Finning, sharks White-tip reef shark, Fiji © 2011 Angelo Villagomez Causal relationships can be fiendishly tricky. Spend an hour watching any of Star Trek Voyager’s time travel episodes and you begin to understand why the show’s writers often resort to lines such as, “It’s better if we don’t talk about this too much.” Consider another example of . . . → Read More: For Want Of A Shark…
By Dr Bik, on January 12th, 2012 5 comments Climate Change, Scientist! climate change, global warming, Jane Lubchenco, NOAA, ocean, Public, Science Communication, UC Davis My second week at UC Davis, and I’ve already met Jane Lubchenco. Last night the NOAA administrator gave a public lecture to a packed auditorium here on campus. Although her talk wasn’t particularly beefy, I captured a few interesting tidbits: It was refreshing to hear a government official state her steadfast optimism, and urge scientists . . . → Read More: Jane Lubchenco’s message to scientists
By Kevin Zelnio, on January 9th, 2012 Leave a comment Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Conservation & Environment Biodiversity, Science Communication Last thursday I was a guest on Dr. Kiki’s Science Hour talking about communicating biodiversity (interview starts at 8 minutes in). It was response to an article I wrote on EvoEcoLab, another blog I write for Scientific American, titled The (Mis)use of Messaging in Biodiversity Loss Prevention. It was a lot of fun and I’m . . . → Read More: The Biodiverse Universe
By para_sight, on January 7th, 2012 Leave a comment Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government, Megavertebrate, Opinion Arab Spring, conservation, Egypt, sharks The Arab Spring has been on of the most amazing social movements of this generation; the images of brave citizens fighting for democracy (and unfortunately sometimes losing their individual battles), are encouraging and inspiring. While far-reaching in its regional and global social and political implications, the Arab Spring would seem pretty removed from issues of . . . → Read More: Red sea sharks at risk from political upheaval, but to what degree?
By para_sight, on January 5th, 2012 5 comments Dumping, Oil Spills, Plastic, Ramblings Brooklyn, EPA, Gowanus, New York, NYC, pollution The view from my DUMBO loft Dec 2000 There’s nothing quite like the excitement of moving to a new city and getting your first apartment, and for me as for so many others, that feeling is amplified when the city in question is New York. So it was when I moved from Brisbane to Brooklyn . . . → Read More: FEATURED POST: A (fetid) river runs through it, the Brooklyn edition
By Dr. M, on December 29th, 2011 3 comments Biodiversity, Conservation & Environment, Fish, Fishing aircraft, Invasive Species, Lionfish, scuba diving, Wreck Diving Randy Jordan, owner of Emerald Charters in Jupiter, Florida, discovered quite a treasure on a recent dive. “We get down to the bottom and I see some fish that are swimming over to the right and I followed them,” said Jordan. “They swam right up to this airplane. It was the most amazing thing.” Right in . . . → Read More: Scuba Diver Discovers Airplane and Haven for Lionfish
By Kevin Zelnio, on December 26th, 2011 One comment Conservation & Environment, Plastic plastic pollution, Plastic Shores Now that the holiday season is over for many of us and all the wrapping and boxes and packaging is stowed away or thrown in the trash, think about where it all goes. Nothing just stays in a land fill forever. Out of sight is never out of mind. Plastic Shores is a new film . . . → Read More: Where Do All Your Tinsel And Trappings Go After Christmas?
By Kevin Zelnio, on December 23rd, 2011 One comment Biodiversity, Conservation & Environment, TGIF: Pictures & Movies conservation, donation, ocean, The Tank Bangers A little sentimental, but hey its Christmas time. The Tank Bangers donates proceeds of buying this song to the various groups shown at 5:40 in the video. While I do not support all those groups personally, I would like to add Oceana and The Coral Reef Alliance as conservation groups who have a high . . . → Read More: TGIF – Our Blue (The Tank Bangers)
By Dr. M, on December 21st, 2011 16 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, New Research, Uncategorized beta diversity, Carbon, deep sea, diversity, flux, marine snow Oh the dark deep sea is frightful,
But the food not so delightful,
But since we’ve got no place to go,
Let It Marine Snow! Let It Marine Snow! Let It Marine Snow! The deep-sea floor is a patch mosaic of habitats In the late 1960’s, two marine biologists, Howard Sanders and Robert . . . → Read More: Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
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