Posted 21 Jun 2012 / 1
The July issue of Scientific American features a cover story written by Martin A. Nowak called “Why We Help“. This very short article contains a brief review of Nowak’s “five rules” for cooperation, a little bit of connection to experimental work in real organisms, and some hazy conjecture concerning what makes humans cooperate. It seems as Read More
A Major Post, Anthropogenic Change, Articles, Behavior, Climate Change, Cooperation, Evolution, Evolutionary Modeling, Game Theory, Group Selection, Human Evolution, Human Nature, Kin Selection, Punishment, Reciprocity, Social Networks
Posted 21 Jun 2012 / 0
Nature News “The trouble with turbines: An ill wind” What is particularly scary about this story is the targeted effect that wind turbines can have on particular species who gravitate to the very wind corridors that are ideal for efficient power generation.
A Minor Post, Articles, Biodiversity Loss, Birds, Sustainable Energy
Posted 20 Jun 2012 / 0
Steady State The Daly News “Real Dichotomies Are Not Made ‘False’ by Soft Science or Political Pandering” What’s really valuable here is the clarification of what is cultural construction (‘there does not have to be a conflict between economic growth and environmental protection’) and what is scientific reality (‘there is actually an empirically-demonstrable conflict between Read More
A Minor Post, Anthropogenic Change, Conservation Biology, Economics, Ethics, Sustainability, Web
Posted 18 Jun 2012 / 0
Science “Fears of Damage to Great Barrier Reef Delay Mine“
A Minor Post, Articles, Biodiversity Loss, Habitat Destruction, Sustainable Energy
Posted 11 Jun 2012 / 0
Ecology Letters “Experimental climate change weakens the insurance effect of biodiversity“
A Minor Post, Articles, Climate Change, Community Ecology
Posted 23 May 2012 / 0
Smithsonian Magazine “Truffle Trouble in Europe: The Invader Without Flavor“
A Minor Post, Economics, Invasive Species
Posted 19 May 2012 / 0
Marketplace Sustainability “Radiated tuna splashes up in California“
A Minor Post, Community Ecology, Pollution, Radio & Podcasts
Posted 14 May 2012 / 0
Nature “Transient dynamics of an altered large marine ecosystem“
A Minor Post, Articles, Biodiversity Loss, Conservation Biology, Extinction, Sustainable Harvesting
Posted 11 May 2012 / 0
Me with Molly and B. Ricardo Brown (coordinator of the Critical and Visual Studies program) at Pratt’s Honors Convocation I am proud to report that a student who I have both taught and mentored, Molly H. Adams, has won top honors for both her exceptional academic work and the production of an exemplary thesis. Along Read More
Anthropogenic Change, Biomes, Conservation Biology, Critical and Visual Studies program, Ecosystem Services, Environmental Justice, Ethics, Mentoring, Pratt Institute
Posted 09 May 2012 / 0
BBC News “Big rise in North Pacific plastic waste” Two unsurprising findings here: The amount of plastic garbage in the ocean has dramatically increased over the past 40 years; and Some organisms are going to utilize this new resource to their advantage.
A Minor Post, Adaptation, Marine Ecosystems, Pollution, Web
