Neil Bryan says
" No, we exceeded carrying capacity in the 1800's, but then, instead of =
> rolling over like the dodo, we innovated and increased the carrying =
> capacity."
>
Someone else said that carrying capacity was two billion.
I have a little problema with all that. First carrying capac
The Chicago Botanic Garden and Northwestern University offer a program for
eight undergraduate
students to collaborate with scientists conducting ecological and evolutionary
research for 10 weeks
during the summer of 2008 (26th May - 1st August). Each student will
participate in an on going
s
Cliff Duke forwards a prospective letter to Congress, which states in part:
> Global warming represents, by
> far, the greatest threat ever posed to the planet's living resources,
> which provide the foundation for our economy and our quality of life.
The one thing that greatly concerns me about
Policy Statement on Economic Growth
Proposed for Adoption by the Ecological Society of America
July 12, 2007
Proposed by ESA Members Warren Aney, Paul Angermeier, Robert Baldwin, Randy
Bangert, Alice Bard, Terry Bowyer, Mark Boyce, Joel Brown, Peter Brussard, John
Cairns, Joseph Cech, Jameson Ch
It would be hard to argue with Guangjie, and it should be noted that the
proposed ESA policy statement on economic growth does, at least implicitly,
address the inequity issue. For example, it includes this sentence: "In
nations for which it is apparent that economic growth has proceeded beyond
I believe I remember hearing a story of a pine that wouldn't grow in Pacifi=
c islands until its mycorrhizal symbiont was introduced though I couldn't f=
ind any publications about that specific case. I'd like to hear more about =
this topic.
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Here's some information from the U.N.'s website:=20
Graduate Research Assistantship in Plant Physiological Ecology
Biology Department, University of New Mexico
Funding is available to support one Ph.D. student interested in studying
leaf and cell level physiology/biochemistry and how it impacts estimates
of ecosystem, regional, and global carbon
Is the economy a zero-sum game?
---chris
Christopher J Wells, Geographer
National Wetlands Research Center, USGS
700 Cajundome Blvd
Lafayette, LA 70506
Office: 337 266 8651
Cell: 337 288 0737
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Rob Dietz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent by: "Ecological Society of America: gran
There is a reason that China, the most populated country around the
globe, adopts this strategy: if you have achieved a high standard of
living without signing the Kyoto, why should we sign it? I don't want
to find an excuse for China and other developing countries, but the
western countrie
The current lack or rain has us thinking a lot about the importance
of water for birds and other wildlife, as well as the human penchant
for wasting this valuable natural resource.
For a photo essay on the effects of drought in the Carolinas and
beyond, please visit the 22-30 November installme
October 16, 2007 [revised November 20, 2007]
Dear Colleague:
We are inviting researchers and practitioners from the various
disciplines of biological science to join in a letter [pasted into this
email below] to Congress urging that any legislation to address climate
change include dedicated f
And another way to look at it is that China is just trying to duck any
responsibility in this regard.
But on a broader level I am surprised to read that you seem to be giving
China the latitude to achieve a western standard of living before dealing
with consumption. (And if China, then why not all
Dear Thomas,
The potential for soil invasions seems real. I have often wondered about the
generic "mycorrhizae in a can" being attractively marketed in organic
gardening catalogs. Terrestrial ecologists are still revealing so much about
this long underappreciated community. By the way, one cheap a
Beyond my skepticism about this article, given the abject record of the
Russian Academy of Sciences on climate issues, I'd add to what Max said by
reminding folks that many climatologists believe that ocean acidification as
a consequence of increased uptakes of CO2 may prove to be the most serious
Actually, reading these quotes possibly out of context, it makes me
doubtful that China will do anything more than the US is doing. The
argument posed below sounds much like the little kid who is told to go to
bed for writing on the wall and turns and says "but susie is writing on
the wall too, wh
No, we exceeded carrying capacity in the 1800's, but then, instead of =
rolling over like the dodo, we innovated and increased the carrying =
capacity.
Pray tell, what is "OUR current standard of living?" The Earth could =
easily sustain the current human population (we may argue that it is, =
si
Joe Gathman wrote, "...I've always thought that having children is just =
about the most selfish thing anybody could do..." [yeah, so no thanks, =
Mom!]
I have seen the above sentiment expressed several times in this =
discussion. I simply cannot understand how anyone could think that =
childbear
Colleagues:
Please excuse the cross-posting.
Four new graduate assistantships have been funded to support outstanding
students seeking an MS degree in Biology at Fort Hays State University
while working at the new Kansas Wetlands Education Center. The graduate
assistantships will be available fo
Any decrease in solar output is extremely important, and well worth taking
notice of. Such a decrease might well offset or over-ride global warming. This
is great news if one has defined the major environmental issue of our day as
global warming.
Defining what the earth is experiencing as anthr
Fire Science Graduate Research Assistantship- This Spring!
School of Forest Resources and Conservation
University of Florida
Beginning Spring, early Jan. 2008
Ph.D. graduate research assistantship position available at the University
of Floridas Fire Science Lab in the School of Forest Resour
Check out these quotes from Su Wei, a member of the Chinese delegation at
the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Bali:
"I just wonder whether it's fair to ask developing countries like China to
take on binding targets or mandatory targets. I think there is much room
for the United States to thi
Does anyone know if use of commercial preparations of bio-dynamic compost
starters. chock-full of bacteria, soil fungi and perhaps a nematode or two, if
used in other regions of the world might raise questions of "exotics-transfer"?
Or are soil micro-flora pretty much "homogenized" after millio
So, in summary, hopefully the sun will behave itself, we'll catch a lucky break
in that the decreased solar activity will offset the damage we've done for a
few decades.
That seems like a good plan, lets bet on that, leaving subsequent generations a
well thought out solution dealing with the issue
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Colleagues and friends,
Greetings and best wishes! I'm writing to let you know about a new anthology
project I've recently started. Facing the Change: Grassroots Encounters with
Global Warming will be a completely new kind of book about global climate
change. In
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to inform you that our institution is coordinating a new
Erasmus Mundus Masters Course, called "EMAE - European Master in Applied
Ecology". This programme was selected in October 2007 by the European Union
and offers an integrated study programme over two years shar
http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article3223603.ece
Excerpts:
"Our Sun has suddenly gone exceptionally quiet.
Months have passed with no spots visible on its disc."
"Between 1645 and 1715 sunspots were rare. It was also
a time when the Earth's northern hemisphere chilled dramatically."
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