Food for Thought
“It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.”
Arthur C. Clarke
Monthly Archives: June 2007
Another award for “Altered Oceans”
A few months ago the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting was awarded to Kenneth Weiss and Usha Lee McFarling of the Los Angeles Times for their excellent, and sobering, series on the deteriorating ocean environment, “Altered Oceans“. If you haven’t already … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Books and media, Oceans, Politics
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Now accepting nominations: Natural Patriot of the Year!
Ladies and Gentlemen, The summer solstice is now behind us, meaning — paradoxically — that summer is here, and yet, that the days have begun their gradual decline. But let’s not dwell on that now. For those of us in … Continue reading
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Biodiversity: the secret to inner peace?
[Cross-posted at the Earth Forum] To many individuals, it seems intuitively obvious that communion with nature is beneficial to body and soul. Two decades ago E.O. Wilson memorably articulated this association as biophilia – humans’ “innate tendency to focus on life … Continue reading
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Back to basics
The life of a marine biologist turns out to involve a lot of time sitting in front of a computer screen, writing and editing papers and proposals so other people can get out in the field (though I do get my share … Continue reading
Posted in Biophilia, Oceans
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Ocean Soul
[In recognition of World Ocean Day today, and the inaugural Carnival of the Blue: a journal entry from March 2004, Carrie Bow Cay, on the Belize Barrier Reef] Sitting in the soft sand behind the back reef, waiting for the sun … Continue reading
We’ve been framed! Biodiversity and the future of seafood
Several weeks ago, Chris Mooney and Matthew Nisbet published a perspective piece in Science on “Framing Science“, that is, on communicating science effectively to non-scientific audiences (see also their Outlook piece in the Washington Post). They recognized that many issues of … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Education, Oceans
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