PHE’s acoustic wizard, Perrin Meyer, and Meyer Sound created a scientific experience at ?#?BurningMan2015?. Bay Area artist Jon Sarriugarte and sound designer Kyrsten Mate created a rocket launch experience “Project Empire” using a Meyer Sound system with SB-2 sound beam, 1100-LFC, MICA, MINA and more. Watch YouTube video: https://youtu.be/knW4U1-kB0g
News
RealClear Science Essay
RealClearScience publishes Jesse Ausubel’s short essay “We must make nature worthless,” based on remarks he prepared for a 6 November 2014 seminar at Resources for the Future.
Human effect on natural light
Human additions of sound and light continue to interest us as aspects of global change, as we wrote in . Broadening the scope of global change to include illumination and noise . SEED Magazine 23 Nov: 2009. We draw attention to Oecologia. 2014; 176(4): 917–931, PMCID: PMC4226844 Human alteration of natural light cycles: causes and ecological consequences by Kevin J. Gaston, James P. Duffy, Sian Gaston, Jonathan Bennie, and Thomas W. Davies.
children’s book by Francois Sarano about oceans
The new children’s book, The Little Girl Who Walked on Water But Who Didn’t Know How to Swim written by our esteemed colleague and friend Francois Sarano and illustrated by Marion Sarano is now available. Great book to introduce children to the oceans!
Hurford Initiative on Science & DIplomacy
Rockefeller University graduate students Avital Percher and Devon Collins wrote a short essay about the 2015 short course and field trip as part of the Hurford Initiative on Science & Diplomacy that Jesse helps guide with Mande Holford and Rod Nichols. Another great group of students and post-docs!
Michelson Lecture at Naval Academy
The United States Naval Academy has invited Jesse Ausubel to deliver the Michelson Lecture 15 October 2015 in Annapolis on Ocean Past, Ocean Future. We are honored by the invitation from the Academy and the roster of prior lecturers.
RFF Seminar on Breakthrough decoupling report
Resources For the Future (RFF) has posted the video (and audio) of the seminar Weds 9 Sept 2015 where Jesse Ausubel commented on the release of Breakthrough Institute’s Nature Unbound: Decoupling for Conservation. Jesse’s remarks begin at 29′ 15″ and run 8 minutes (scroll down to the video box & use slider). The video begins with Linus Blomqvist’s introduction of the report and ends with Q&A involving Linus, Jesse, and Tom Lovejoy.
Bloomberg View on Peak Everything
Bloomberg View reporter Justin Fox publishes an excellent piece “We might be near peak environmental impact” that reports on our Nature Rebounds essay and the new Breakthrough Institute’s “Nature Unbound: Decoupling for Conservation.”
IIASA alumni news item with Jesse
The IIASA blog 9 Sept 2015 includes a 500-word interview with Jesse Ausubel about his recent essay Nature Rebounds and his experiences as a young researcher at the Institute near Vienna way back during 1979-1981.