Darci Palmquist
Darci Palmquist is editorial manager for nature.org, the website of The Nature Conservancy, as well as for Great Places, the Conservancy's e-newsletter. She recently moved from California to Western Massachusetts and is loving the seasons.
Posts by Darci Palmquist:
Photo of the Week: Southward-Bound Sanderling
It’s that time of year when birds start thinking of heading south for the winter (and New Englanders like me wistfully dream about it). Enjoy this great 3-in-1 shot — bird, reflection and shadow – of a sanderling at the beach in Virginia by Flickr user Dave W.
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Posted: October 30th, 2009 under Birds, Nature Photo of the Week, United States.
Tags: migratory birds, sanderling, Virginia beach
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Cool Green Morning: Thursday, October 29
Does a “green” job make you an environmentalist? Will the world come forward and pay Ecuador not to drill for oil in the Amazon? And how do birds know where to migrate to anyway? We don’t promise all these questions will be answered, but we do guarantee you’ll get the hottest green news links around, or [...]
Posted: October 29th, 2009 under Birds, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Environmental Science, Forest Trade, Forests, Markets, Policy, Rainforests, South America.
Tags: Copenhagen, deforestation, drilling in the Amazon, Ecuador, Green Inc., green jobs, migratory birds, renewable energy, scientific american, The Vine, top carbon polluters
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Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, October 27
It’s indeed a bright green morning today, with positive news everywhere: International Climate Day of Action a big success! Smart meters galore! And here’s the big news: a new study shows your personal actions can make a difference in the fight against climate change! Take that, all you climate change pessimists.
Bill McKibben says we need to “stop whining [...]
Posted: October 27th, 2009 under Animals, Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Conservation Issues, Cool Green Morning, Ecosystem Services, Energy, Environmental Science, Green Living, Green Technology, Markets, Media, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Nature Conservancy, United States.
Tags: 350.org, Bill McKibben, chytrid fungus, deadly fungus, energy efficiency, frogs, government energy grant, Grist, International Climate Day of Action, Mark Tercek, personal change reduces emissions, Reuters, smart meter
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Nature Photo of the Week: Elakala Waterfalls Swirling Pool
WOW! Is there anything else to say about this stunning photo of Elakala Waterfall in West Virginia by ForestWander Nature Photography? You tell us — what do you think of our “Nature Photo of the Week”?
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Posted: October 23rd, 2009 under Nature Photo of the Week, United States.
Tags: Elakala Falls, ForestWander Nature Photography, nature image, nature photo, Nature Photo of the Week, swirling pool photo, waterfall photo
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Cool Green Morning; Thursday, October 22
You won’t see it in any headlines today, but let’s just give a quick shout-out to The Nature Conservancy for turning 58 today! Yep, that’s right, today is the day we were incorporated back in 1951. Times certainly have changed – greenhouse gas emissions, iPhone apps and wind farms are the topics du jour – but conservation is still as [...]
Posted: October 22nd, 2009 under Animals, Conservation Issues, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Forests, Green Living, Invasive species, Science, The Nature Conservancy.
Tags: bark beetle, city recycling, eating meat impacts, FAO, greenhouse gas emissions, Indiana bat, iPhone app, Mexico beetle infestation, monarch butterflies, San Francisco, vegetarian diet, wind power, World Watch Institute
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Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, October 20
It seems that everything comes back to climate change… sudden aspen decline, Hurricane Katrina, the Patriots playing in the snow and more. Check it out in today’s round-up of Cool Green Morning news links.
According to a new poll, American voters still don’t think climate change should be high on the government’s agenda. The poll from Politico [...]
Posted: October 20th, 2009 under Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Conservation Issues, Cool Green Morning, Environmental Science, Policy, United States.
Tags: aspen trees, bee colony collapse disorder, Bright Green Blog, Climate Change, climate change legislation, climate change poll, conservation medicine, global warming, Hurricane Katrina, Politico poll, sudden aspen decline, white nose syndrome
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Nature Photo of the Week: Curacao Scorpionfish
With so many great photos from our online community this week, it was hard to pick just one… but this curacao scorpionfish by Flickr user DiamondPete has a certain “now you see me, now you don’t” quality that’s just too alluring to pass up.
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Posted: October 16th, 2009 under Coral Reefs, Nature Photo of the Week, The Caribbean, The Nature Conservancy.
Tags: curacao scorpionfish, nature image, nature photo, Nature Photo of the Week
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Cool Green Morning: Thursday, October 15
Marijuana causes drought, endangered species are expensive, and wetlands store carbon… who knew? Now you do, thanks to this morning’s round-up of Cool Green News links.
New data suggest that wetlands could store six times more carbon per acre than forests, leading some scientists and companies to consider wetlands restoration as the next shining hope for carbon offsets.
How much [...]
Posted: October 15th, 2009 under Animals, Carbon Markets, Climate Change, Conservation Issues, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Fish, Green Living, United States, Water Conservation.
Tags: California drought, carbon offsets, carbon sink, Chinook salmon, conservation spending, endangered species, gas leaks, say no to phonebooks, Terry Gosney, USFWS, wetlands restoration
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Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, October 13
Good morning, Cool Green News addicts! We know you missed us yesterday, but we’re back with some hot links to get your day started. Dams are coming down, a literary classic offers lessons in the climate change debate and a note of hope emerges around the U.S. climate change bill currently stalled in the Senate. Read [...]
Posted: October 13th, 2009 under Carbon Markets, Climate Change, Conservation Issues, Cool Green Morning, Forest Trade, Forests, Media, Oceans & Coasts, Policy, The Nature Conservancy, United States.
Tags: Associated Press, climate change legislation, community-owned forest, Conservation Magazine, dam breaching, Indonesia, Jakarta Post, John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, Los Angeles Times, Maldives, New York Times, Oregon dam, Rogue River dam, sea level rise, underwater Parliamanet
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Nature Photo of the Week: Morning Dewdrops on Leaf
I call this one “nature in the abstract.” Are those glass beads? Marbles? Tapioca pearls? No, this pretty shot is of morning dewdrops on a striped leaf by Flickr user KoolPix.
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Posted: October 9th, 2009 under Nature Photo of the Week, The Nature Conservancy.
Tags: dewdrop photo, nature image, nature photo, Nature Photo of the Week
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