SeaMonster blog
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A glass half full view of coral reef conservation
A glass half full view of coral reef conservation from Dr Tim McClanahan, a field ecologist for WCS. As we mark Earth Day this year with a recognition of “the face of climate change,” it is clear that the greatest threat to coral reef ecosystems is rising sea temperatures. With corals across the globe bleaching…
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Climate Change and Marine Communities 3: Physical and chemical effects of climate change on the oceans
This is the third installment of my serialization of a new book chapter on “Climate Change and Marine Communities” written with Chris Harley and Mike Burrows. It is for a new book “Marine Community Ecology and Conservation” that I’m co-editing with Mark Bertness, Brian Silliman, and Jay Stachowicz. The book is more or less a followup to the best-selling…
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Call me coral
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Climate Change and Marine Communities 2: What is climate change?
This is the second installment of my serialization of a new book chapter on “Climate Change and Marine Communities” written with Chris Harley and Mike Burrows. It is for a new book “Marine Community Ecology and Conservation” that I’m co-editing with Mark Bertness, Brian Silliman, and Jay Stachowicz. The book is more or less a followup to the best-selling…
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Who is an author?
When you write a manuscript in any field in academic science, you have to determine who will be an author. (There is also the question of who is the first and corresponding author, but let’s ignore that for now.) Many a collaborative group has been tripped up by disagreements about this. It can be a…
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Climate Change and Marine Communities 1
My co-authors Chris Harley and Mike Burrows and I recently turned in a book chapter to the editor on “Climate Change and Marine Communities”. It is for a new book “Marine Community Ecology and Conservation” that I’m co-editing with Mark Bertness, Brian Silliman, and Jay Stachowicz. The book is more or less a followup to…
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Mikono ya Wavuvi (In Fishermen’s Hands)
This excellent video is by Austin Humphries, a PhD student working with Tim McClanahan in Kenya on coral reef ecology and conservation. It recently won the People’s Choice Award at the Beneath the Waves Film Festival! Check it out.
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Ocean problems made small
In a brand new series of miniature underwater scenes, Jason Isley turns his eye to some of the greatest problems of the oceans.
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Seamonster does standup
They say you should do one thing that scares you everyday. Well recently I did one thing that was scary enough to keep me going for weeks. I did my first standup comedy gig. I should explain, this wasn’t as scary as it could have been. I took part in Cambridge Bright Club – a…
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I’m a grazer, baby
Our intrepid colleagues at DSN were, as ever, out in front on this. Thanks for the shout-out y’all! And, just as a teaser, we are in final stages of analysis of the ZEN 2011 global seagrass experiment. Stay tuned for actual scientific results! Soon . . .
Got any book recommendations?