Archive for 'Science'
Do Global Conservation Initiatives Undermine Local Conservation Action?
Here’s an all-too-frequent out-of-office autoreply from conservationists these days:
I am currently away from the office attending a UNDP meeting. Following this I am participating in a CBD working group, an IUCN advisory committee, an NGO roundtable, then presenting at a Millennium Declaration follow-up, and attending a regional conservation forum convened by aid agencies as part [...]
Posted: November 19th, 2009 under Conservation Issues, Policy, Science.
Tags: CBD, conservation forum, conservation meeting, Eddie Game, global conservation, IUCN, local conservation, Millennium Declaration, UNDP
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Cool Green Morning: Monday, November 9
That’s not lice causing that scratching on your head (at least, we hope not) — it’s just a lot of head scratchers in today’s hot green news roundup. Stop the itch of curiosity right here!
Now here’s a question that’s been keeping millions up at night! Which is greener: Going into the refrigerator for a bottle [...]
Posted: November 9th, 2009 under Animals, Carbon Markets, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Green Living, Policy, Science, United States, Water Conservation.
Tags: Ask Pablo, Bright Green Blog, carbon emissions, carbon price, CleanTechnica, Climate Change, climate change denial, climate change denier, Columbia University, communicating climate change, Copenhagen climate, energy conservation, greenhouse gases, Institute for Policy Integrity, Jeremy Hance, Mongabay, Obama, Obama endangered species, ozone hole, Richard Black, The Psychology of Climate Change Communication, Treehugger, Water conservation
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What’s the Role of Science for Advocacy?
As the “energy sprawl” idea has been discussed and debated in the media, I (one of the paper’s co-authors) have grown a thick skin against criticism. Perhaps the harshest piece of invective, however, still bothers me: the criticism by Matt Wasson in the Huffington Post.
The factual criticisms Matt makes aren’t that troublesome to me, and [...]
Posted: November 5th, 2009 under Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Energy, Media, Science, The Nature Conservancy.
Tags: coal, coal energy, coal sprawl, energy sprawl, Huffington Post, land use sprawl, marketplace idea, Matt Wasson, nuclear energy sprawl, public debate, Rob McDonald, Science magazine, scientist role, Searchinger, TV science, wind power, wind turbine
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Cool Green Morning: Thursday, November 5
Things are looking up today — climate talks are reportedly going well, America beats the world in geothermal R&D, and great white sharks now have their very own singles bar. Ain’t life Cool?
How are things in Barcelona (aside from the shocking underperformance of its namesake soccer team this year)? For the climate talks now underway [...]
Posted: November 5th, 2009 under Animals, Climate Change, Energy, Fish, Policy, Science, South America, United States.
Tags: Barcelona climate, Climate Feedback, Copenhagen climate, EcoGeek, EcoWorldly, Ecuador, genome sequencing, geothermal, geothermal R&D, google, great white shark, IUCN Red List, Jeff Tollefson, Journal of Heredity, Journal Watch Online, shark cafe, vertebrate conservation, Washington Post
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Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, November 3
It’s Election Day in the United States — get out and vote! Then immediately get back on your smartphone and check out the hottest in online green this morning — including what might possibly be the best green name ever…
Mt. Kilimanjaro’s ice cap is disappearing — but is that climate change’s fault? Two research teams [...]
Posted: November 3rd, 2009 under Africa, Asia Pacific, Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Cool Green Morning, Fresh Water, Green Living, Media, Science, Water Conservation.
Tags: Associated Press, carbon emissions, climate change survivor, Gaia Vince, glacier melt, green patriarch, Himalayan glacier, Kilimanjaro ice cap, Kilimanjaro melt, Laos, Nepal cabinet Everest, Orthodox green, Patriarch Bartholomew, The New York Times, Toto, Toto Africa, Treehugger, Washington Post, Yale Environment 360
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Eat Lionfish and Stop These Caribbean Reef Invaders
My husband returns to the same reefs every year in the Bahamas, where he has been teaching a coral reef ecology class for the last 14 years. On his 2008 trip, he noticed that the reef fish were missing. The culprits were quickly identified — and during his 2009 course, he and his students were [...]
Posted: November 2nd, 2009 under Central America, Conservation Issues, Coral Reefs, Fish, Invasive species, Oceans & Coasts, Science, South America, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Caribbean, The Nature Conservancy.
Tags: artisanal fishing, Bahamas, Bahamas lionfish, Caribbean Fisheries Management Council, Colombia lionfish, coral, coral reef, eat lionfish, grouper, grouper overfish, invasive fish, lionfish, lionfish recipe, Monterrey Bay Seafood Watch, reef fish, snapper Caribbean, Stephanie Wear, stop lionfish, Virgin Islands lionfish
Comments: 1
Great Nature Photos: The Conservancy’s Williamson River Delta Preserve
[Click the individual images to see them at full size, or click the "View With PicLens" link to see a slideshow.]
Volunteer photographer Rick McEwan just finished an assignment for The Nature Conservancy, shooting wetland restoration work in the Conservancy’s Williamson River Delta Preserve in Oregon. It’s a place he just can’t bring himself to leave.
Sure: [...]
Posted: October 22nd, 2009 under Fresh Water, Science, The Nature Conservancy.
Tags: nature image, nature photo, nature photography, Oregon nature, Oregon nature photo, Rick McEwan, The Nature Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy Oregon, wetland, wetland restore, Williamson River Delta
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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
Comments: 1
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, October 21
A UN climate negotiator tries to deflate our hope for Copenhagen. The government of the Maldives holds a meeting underwater, practicing for the day when the archipelago nation might actually be underwater. Oh, and remember air pollution? Yeah, it’s still a huge problem, and it’s costing Americans a lot of money, and for some, their [...]
Posted: October 21st, 2009 under Air Pollution, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Green Living, Policy, Science, United States.
Tags: air pollution, Bright Green Blog, California, Copenhagen, Financial Times, fossil fuel, Green Inc., GreenBiz, Maldives, National Academy of Science, New York Times, Treehugger, United nations Climate Negotiations, United States, Yale Environment 360
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Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, October 14
If you’re anything like me, you can’t get your day started without your daily serving of Cool Green Morning. (Also, caffeine. Lots and lots of caffeine.) Read on to get your fix:
Big snakes are becoming a big problem, says the United States Geological Survey. The group just issued a report concluding that, should the Burmese [...]
Posted: October 14th, 2009 under Australia, Business, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Green Living, Green Technology, Invasive species, North America, Science, United States, Water Conservation.
Tags: Australia, Burmese Python, California, Climate Change, DotEarth, Environmental Capital, gray water, Green Inc., green products, The Vine
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