Calculating How Fast Trees and Forests Grow
By Joe Landsberg / On August 11th, 2014
That might sound like a rather dry, technological subject, but it is, obviously, quite important in relation to wood production from forests.
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Life in the Wake of Nuclear Disaster
By Emily Monosson / On July 21st, 2014
Hello from NACCB 2014!
By Erin Johnson / On July 16th, 2014
An Imperfect Safety Net for Carnivore Conservation
By Cristina Eisenberg / On July 15th, 2014
#ForewordFriday: Bee My Pollinator Edition
By Meghan Bartels / On June 27th, 2014
The Carnivore Way: A Transboundary Conservation Vision
By Cristina Eisenberg / On May 13th, 2014
Finding Your Voice
By Jason Leppig / On April 16th, 2014
Post by Nancy Baron
While not everyone may be interested in your science at first, many people are interested in scientists, as your work seems…mysterious. What do you actually do? Why are you so devoted to it? They want to know what makes you tick. Even if your research can seem obscure, they are often eager to discover a new perspective on the world through your eyes.
I remind scientists (and myself too) that when talking about your work, it’s often best to tell your story as if you were talking to friends who appreciate you and are hanging on your every word.
#ForewordFriday: Get Your Hands Dirty Edition
By Meghan Bartels / On April 11th, 2014
With spring finally starting to show its face, we're thinking about everything that's green and growing. But as Yvonne Baskin shows in Under Ground: How Creatures of Mud and Dirt Shape Our World, we'd be nowhere without that most overlooked of substances: dirt. In the first chapter, she introduces an amazing world that holds two-thirds of the planet's biodiversity, from gigantic fungi to ancient microbes that can live in boiling hot springs or under sheathes of polar ice.
A Conversation on Art & Environment with Rafe Sagarin
By Admin / On May 10th, 2013
Observation and Ecology author Rafe Sagarin discusses art and the environment with poet Eric Magrane from the University of Arizona.
Eric Magrane: Rafe, you write and speak about observation, most pointedly in your bookObservation and Ecology, with Aníbal Pauchard.
Kickstarter for The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change
By Admin / On April 2nd, 2013
A new Island Press author, Yoram Bauman, the world's first and only stand-up economist, is trying to raise $20,000 to help offset the cost to print his forthcoming book: The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change.
We're pretty confident that this book will help explain climate change in a fun, digestible way to a brand new audience.