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Friday, 5 April 2019

Holsworthy side tracked science and environment news

Many countries, especially in the Global South, struggle to respond to environmental challenges like over-development, deforestation, poaching, pollution, and climate change. When these threats are c…
My work day begins most days with a quick read through my news feed and a giant cup of tea. When it comes to hot off the press green or eco news I have a few go-to websites that I generally turn to f…
Freedom isn't free, just ask any soldier. No I don't support the idea of never ending war in our world. But I do have to support the people who have given me the right and freedom to complain about i…
Freedom isn't free, just ask any soldier. No I don't support the idea of never ending war in our world. But I do have to support the people who have given me the right and freedom to complain about i…
St. Olaf College Associate Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Studies Paul Jackson ’92 will deliver the spring Mellby Lecture on April 9. His talk, titled “Conversations with Neighbors: Shiftin…
ENVIRONMENTAL news is rarely good. But even by those low standards, 2018 was especially bad. That is the main conclusion from Australia’s Environment in 2018, the latest in an annual series of enviro…
“Science doesn’t care what we believe. If you are on the top of a building and fall, gravity is still a thing whether you believe in it or not.” –J. Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia “Science …
At a time when scientific information is increasingly at the center of public divides, most Americans say they get science news no more than a couple of times per month, and when they do, most say it…
SN Applied Sciences is a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal for the disciplines of Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Materials Science and Physics. It fosters sound sci…
(Note: if you are a student or fact based professional or an environmental advocate (science based) – we recommend you read this book because it is clear the process of making and developing environm…
Fear is a powerful response to danger, and a strong driver of evolution. The ‘landscape of fear’ concept has helped ecologists to describe how animals’ perception of predation risk alters their spati…
Daniel Botkin is a world-renowned ecologist and professor emeritus at UC Santa Barbara’s school of Environmental Studies, who has worked on many conservation efforts around the world, including at Ca…
[No. 82] California EPA/OEHHA Synthetic Turf Scientific Advisory Panel member biographies. The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) of the California Environmental Protection Agen…
The Harrington School of Communication and Media and the College of Environment and Life Sciences at the University of Rhode Island invite applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank o…
Gov. Ron DeSantis filled a couple of key vacancies in his new administration. On Monday DeSantis announced the appointment of Dr. Scott A. Rivkees as Florida Surgeon General and Secretary of the Flor…
The MIT Center for Environmental Health Sciences (CEHS), an interdisciplinary research center funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), is inviting MIT faculty and re…

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