Cara Cannon Byington

Science Writer

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  • The Path to Sustainable Fisheries is Paved with Data

    The SNAPP Data-Limited Fisheries Working Group is field testing a user friendly application that puts management and science-based sustainability within the reach of small-scale and data-limited fisheries.

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  • The Verdict is In: We Can Grow Safe Food and Conserve Nature at the Same Time

    A new paper by Conservancy NatureNet Science Fellow and lead author Daniel Karp shows that removing habitat around farm fields does not make food safer. In fact, it may have the opposite effect.

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  • There are No Shortcuts to Birding Nirvana

    Our newbie birder learns valuable lessons about taking road directions from birders and how to appreciate the hidden values of power line clearings.

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  • The Hidden Hazards of Learning to Bird

    The latest in the Zero to Hero: Birding series where -- among other things -- our newbie birder discovers that not everyone automatically assumes she's using those binoculars for birding.

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  • Zero to Hero: Birding Edition

    Can someone who can't tell a house finch from a song sparrow become an expert birder in four months? Our blogger is about to find out.

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  • Building a Better Battery

    NatureNet Science Fellow Won-Hee Ryu -- materials scientist and nanotechnology expert -- might not be a typical Conservancy scientist, but his work could have as much benefit to society (and nature) as traditional biodiversity conservation.

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  • Is the Future of Sustainability in Nanotechnology?

    More than half of the energy generated in the U.S. is lost as heat. Where some people might see only wasted potential, NatureNet Fellow Haoran Yang sees a huge opportunity.

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  • NanoTech for Clean Water

    Want to know the best thing about the story of Ming and the Nanoscavengers? Every word of it is true, and the special effects, courtesy of nanotechnology, are real.

    Cara Cannon Byington