A Ship Unsunk
A change in US policy on the disposal of retired Navy vessels signals a movement in the right direction. But we’ve still got miles to go.
Archive for February, 2013
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We Have Seen The Enemy, And It Is Edible
Faced with an unsustainable food system and an invasive species crisis, some adventurous eaters are trying to kill two birds with one stone. Literally.
Oceans
Sylvia Earle, Marine Biology Bad-Ass
Oceans legend Sylvia Earle swings through Connecticut to talk about sustainable seas, the future of marine research, and the decline of bluefin tuna.
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Jewel in Jeopardy: Will Alaska’s Rainforests Be Spared The Axe?
The Tongass is the final remnant of a once-vast West Coast rainforest. Now timber companies are gunning to harvest even this enclave of old-growth wilderness.
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The Cleanest Catch
Connecticut oyster farmer Brendan Smith might just redefine what it means to fish sustainably. That is, if the hurricanes don't get him first.
Ecosystems, Wildlife
Reading the bones: In the field with a depredation detective
Big cats kill a lot of livestock in India's Kahna Reserve, provoking local herders to retaliate. Jennie Miller is using forensics, ecology, and satellite mapping to reduce the escalating tension between large predators and people.