Program for the Human Environment

The deep sea projects of the Census of Marine Life make news with their discoveries, as for example covered by AP’s Cain Burdeau in a 22 November 2009 story “Thousands of strange creatures found deep in ocean.” Meanwhile, the weekly Economist magazine features the Census on the cover of its “The World in 2010” issue and in an excellent article by Alun Anderson, “Introducing the transparent ocean.”

A slightly revised version of Jesse’s May 2009 Dalhousie University Commencement Address, “Son et lumiere,” is published on 23 November 2009 by the monthly science magazine, SEED, as “Broadening the Scope of Global Change to Include Illumination and Noise.”

The essay’s recommendation for consideration of an International Quiet Ocean Experiment earns coverage by Mike Seccombe in the Martha’s Vineyard Gazette in a 27 November 2009 article, “Quiet please, across the seas: Pause ships to hear the fish.”

What does electric power have to do with sea worms? Learn in Jesse’s talk “EPRI and the Lamellibrancid Worm” which spans zero emission power plants and deep carbon.

On Earth, the quarterly magazine of the NRDC, published a detailed article, The (New) Web of Life , by Alan Burdick about the history and progress of the Encyclopedia of Life.