…coordination of scientific research that seems the exception rather Um rule. The Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) helps integrate scientific research…
…at The Rockefeller University and a Research Scientist with Columbia’s Earth Institute. A physicist by training, Dr. Wernick’s research has focused on materials production and usage in the United States….
…major research programs as the World Climate Program and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program. An obscure fact is that in 1983 I was the scribe of Toward an International Geosphere-Biosphere Program: A…
…of aquaculture. Another form might be called fish ranching. An analogy of fish ranching might be grazing pigs. Running wild, about 10 hogs can share a hectare. Running wild, today’s…
…Census of Marine Life and ways to meet them. Three grand questions encompass the program as a whole. What did live in the oceans? What does live in the oceans? …
…International Aquarium Congress for the chance to share with you, the leaders of the international aquarium community, news of progress toward the implementation of a scientific program to carry out…
…period (usually 1 year) of live-born infants who have not reached their first birthday to the number of live births in the period. It is usually given in deaths per…
…in the year 1931 in his wonderful 1949 book, Human Behavior and the Principle of Least Effort. About 350 couples lived 1 block apart, about 100 lived 5 blocks apart,…
…round about him. Ezekiel 1:27 (circa 595 b.c.) In the ancient world, electrum (Hebrew) or elektron (Greek) was the material amber. Amber, when rubbed and electrified, preferably with cat fur, moved and lifted dust…
…on Oceanographic Research (SCOR) of the International Council of Science (ICSU, Paris) –Diversitas, a joint intergovernmental-nongovernmental entity created to foster studies of biodiversity (Paris) –World Wildlife Fund/International Union for the…