Entries for date "October 2007"
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Oct. 17, 2007
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When S. Hoyt Peckham first arrived in Baja California, Mexico, to study the foraging ecology of loggerhead turtles, he had a demoralizing surprise: The beaches were littered with the carcasses of the endangered reptiles. After interviewing local fishers, Peckham discovered that they were accidentally catching many of the turtles and…
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wallacejnichols
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Oct. 17, 2007
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. ecologists report small-scale fishing poses a greater threat to the survival of loggerhead sea turtles than does industrial fishing operations. Ocean Conservancy Scientist Wallace Nichols and University of California-Santa Cruz researcher Hoyt Peckham recently completed a 10-year study that found the species is seriously…
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wallacejnichols
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Oct. 11, 2007
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Listen to: Love for the Ocean Caroline is joined by long-time ally, Marine Acoustician Michael Stocker www.ocr.org and senior scientist at the Ocean Conservancy, ardent ocean activist Wallace J. Nichols www.wallacejnichols.org that our willingness and wonder to work with the seas may eclipse our rudeness as a species, at this…
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Oct. 5, 2007
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October 5, 2007, Greencastle, Ind. - [Download Audio: "An Ocean Planet" - 422kb] "Our planet is an ocean planet, period," exclaimed Wallace J. Nichols, senior researcher for Ocean Conservancy and 1989 graduate of DePauw University, this morning at DePauw Discourse 2007: Sustainability and Global Citizenship. A scientist responsible for pioneering…
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Oct. 5, 2007
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Though the first half of Leonardo DiCaprio's "The 11th Hour" left students feeling dismal about the state of the environment, the second act was redeeming.Wallace J. Nichols '89 warned the audience of the film's power before the screening."Do not leave halfway through, you may not survive," Nichols said. "It's really…
