I’ve been meaning to write a post about New Orleans for weeks now. This month – in the midst of the bad news from Bali and congress – a new climate-provoked crisis, one in the works since just after Hurricane Katrina has hit New Orleans hard. It’s been called “Hurricane… Continue reading
Evolutionary biology and practical conservation: bridging a widening gap GEORGINA M. MACE, ANDY PURVIS (2008) Molecular Ecology, Volume 17 Issue 1 Page 9-19, January 2008 doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03455.x Full article online at : <http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03455.x> Correspondence: Georgina M. Mace, Fax: 01344 873173; E-mail: g.mace@imperial.ac.uk Keywords: biodiversity goals, conservation planning, evolution, policy “Habitat conversion… Continue reading
MSNBC.com 3,000 walruses die in stampedes Shortage of sea ice on Russian side of Arctic led to crowded conditions The Associated Press updated 10:11 a.m. MT, Fri., Dec. 14, 2007 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Several thousand Pacific walruses above the Arctic Circle were killed in stampedes earlier this year after the… Continue reading
News release University of Florida Monday, December 17, 2007. http://news.ufl.edu/2007/12/17/golbal-warming/ Ancient global warming changed earth from ‘icehouse to greenhouse’ GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Earth literally turned over a new leaf 15 million years ago when an earlier version of global warming changed large parts of the planet from lush forests to… Continue reading