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“Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is a party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.”
Wendell Berry
Category Archives: Oceans
The disappearing Chesapeake?
The National Wildlife Federation has just released an important new report “Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Habitats of the Chesapeake Bay“, which provides the most detailed and comprehensive view yet of the likely impacts of climate change on specific habitats within … Continue reading
Carnivals in town
Tired of sifting through the virtual world for interesting stuff? Blog carnivals in two pleasing, environmentally friendly colors are now online. Get your blue at Kate Wing’s blog, host this time around of the tenth monthly Carnival of the Blue, which covers … Continue reading
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The coast ain’t clear
As global society begins to come to grips with the reality of climate change underway, and the James Inhofes of the world fade into obscurity or historical curiosity, the focus is turning slowly to the real work of figuring out … Continue reading
Carnival of the Blue 9
. . . is now online. Check it out at The Other 95%. Among the usual intriguing flotsam, Kevin calls upon all ocean bloggers to use the power of the proverbial pen in 2008 to dedicate their writing to solving … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Biophilia, Education, Oceans
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Irie
[Editor's note: Spent the last week in Jamaica, stalking the elusive social shrimp for an ongoing biogeographic study supported by the National Geographic Society. "Irie" is a Jamaican, and more specifically Rastafarian, general purpose word that is said to refer … Continue reading
Carnival of the Blue 8
. . . is now online at “I’m a Chordata, Urochordata“. Lots of food, sex, death, and more — what’s not to like?! The history of the COB is written there, including last months’s episode, proudly hosted here by the … Continue reading
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Declining ocean health: It’s the economy, stupid
I know, I used the same subtitle for another recent post. But I’m not recycling titles out of laziness — well, not entirely anyway. I do so here to highlight the simple, yet perversely (and perhaps intentionally) misunderstood theme whose centrality … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Oceans, Politics, Sustainability
Tagged economics, fishing, food, natural capital, population, research
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Carnival of the Blue 7
Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, and all the ships at sea: The Natural Patriot is honored to present the 7th monthly episode of the Carnival of the Blue, continuing a hallowed tradition initiated just six short moons ago on … Continue reading
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Climate change: the Virginia angle
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is basking in the glory of sharing the Nobel Prize with Al Gore for their “efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for … Continue reading
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Back from the wilds
It’s been a quiet week here at the Natural Patriot. But I have a good excuse. As occasionally happens — all too rarely — I managed to break the chains and achieve escape velocity from the office and computer and telephone to return … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Biophilia, Oceans
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