Monthly Archives: January 2018
Muddled Messages: The need for clarity in discussing the environmental crisis.
Those of us who express concern about sustaining the natural world see some urgency in the need to change our behavior. We see value in natural ecosystems and danger if we do not sustain them. Many other people do not share this concern. Will more clarity bridge the gap? On March 1st 1872, President Ulysses … Continue reading
Categories: Biodiversity Loss, Climate change, Communicting science, Economics, Land Use
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Sobering News on Coral Reefs – But We Knew It Would Come to This
The journal, Science, began 2018 with an issue including an update on the status of coral reefs around the world. Led by Terry Hughes of James Cook University, Australia, a consortium of 25 authors, from around the world though mostly from Australia, compiled data on the history since 1980 of 100 coral reef locations from … Continue reading
Categories: Climate change, Communicting science, coral reef science, In the News
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