Ocean Conservancy Scientist Wallace J. Nichols Joins Esteemed Environmental Thought Leaders in Documentary Film 'The 11th Hour' WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ocean Conservancy's Senior Research Scientist, Wallace J. Nichols, appears in Leonardo DiCaprio'senvironmental documentary film, "The 11th Hour," to inform the film's contenton the issues of climate change and…
July 30, 2008, Greencastle, Ind. - "Plastic does not biodegrade," writes Dan Haifley in California's Santa Cruz Sentinel. "It undergoes a solar-driven process called photodegradation," he reports in an article that includes a quote from Wallace J. Nichols, senior scientist at the Ocean Conservancy and 1989 graduate of DePauw University.…
Greencastle, Ind. - "In a recent New York Times blog covering the race, journalist Andy Revkin dared pose the question, 'Do we need sea turtles?' The responses have been passionate and thought-provoking, but inconclusive," writes Wallace J. Nichols, senior research scientist at Ocean Conservancy and 1989 graduate of DePauw University.…
As I’ve written in the past, species are constantly blinking in and out of existence. This may or may not be of concern depending on your scale of interest. After all, extinction is the only real certainty. Last month Andy Revkin asked, ‘Does the world need leatherback turtles? ‘ Need,…
By Sheril Kirshenbaum As I’ve written in the past, species are constantly blinking in and out of existence. This may or may not be of concern depending on your scale of interest. After all, extinction is the only real certainty. Last month Andy Revkin asked, ‘Does the world need leatherback…