• No Fishing

    Updated: 2010-05-28 09:12:10
    The waters outlined in red indicates the area of the Gulf of Mexico closed to fishing as of May 28. The area encompasses 60,683 sq.mi. (157,169 sq,km.), or roughly 25 percent of federal waters in the Gulf. The red star indicates the site of the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil leak. Click image to enlarge. Source: NOAA

  • Cambridge Researchers at the Hay Literary Festival

    Updated: 2010-05-27 09:38:54
    Researchers from Cambridge University will be appearing at the Hay Festival of Literature and Arts, which began yesterday and finishes on 6th June. The University has set up a blog, with previews of the researchers’ talks and live updates from the Festival, posted as their talks are delivered. Topics will include the climate change and [...]

  • The Big Picture: Photos from the Louisiana Coast

    Updated: 2010-05-26 01:39:50
    As oil from the Deepwater Horizon leak washes ashore in Louisiana, what was to many an abstract possibility has become all too real. Through a series of 39 images published Monday, The Big Picture offers a glimpse of the situation on the ground.

  • New Video: Underwater in the Gulf, with Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

    Updated: 2010-05-25 15:52:05
    Philippe Cousteau, Jr. and Sam Champion don hazmat diving suits and film the toxic soup of oil and chemical dispersant that’s beneath the surface. ABCNews reports on the unbelievable scene. (The dive begins @ the 0:50 mark after a 15-30 second advertisement.) Public Opinion According to a CNN poll conducted May 21-23 and released yesterday, 76 percent of [...]

  • 2010 OEEC at Laurentian

    Updated: 2010-05-21 12:48:50

  • News Roundup

    Updated: 2010-05-19 22:04:26
    An enormous timber deal has been signed in Canada, protecting or conserving about 72 million hectares of land. You can’t say it enough: communicating conservation research and management is critical to successful projects. Some cool new iPhone apps, one for bird watchers and one for gorillas. The BirdsEye app is especially cool, with up-to-date information on other [...]

  • Real Talk

    Updated: 2010-05-18 04:14:18
    Wow, some fantastic, earnest conversation about the current state of conservation going on at the GECP (live here), it will also be archived for later viewing if you missed it. Paraphrase: we need to stop worrying about individual species going extinct; nature is more resilient than we are; etc. Lively debate. “The intrinsic argument for [...]

  • Wales to Celebrate International Year of Biodiversity with Free Festival

    Updated: 2010-05-14 14:19:00
    The National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, will next week host a celebration of the diversity of the Welsh natural environment. Beginning on Thursday, 20th May, with an event for policy-makers and invited guests, the event will then continue right through Saturday, the International Day for Biodiversity, with activities and events for the public. The event [...]

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