Entries for date "October 2011"
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wallacejnichols
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Oct. 19, 2011
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Scientist. Academic. Watchman. Wallace “J.” Nichols has made a career of protecting the oceans’ interests. Here, Nautica turns a spotlight on Nichols, and his superhero efforts, in order to make a splash for ocean conservation. From one million miles away, our planet looks exactly like a small blue marble. And…
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wallacejnichols
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Oct. 11, 2011
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by Anna Fahey, This post is part of the research project: Word on the Street If the ocean has a direct, neurological impact on our brains, an awareness of this connection will change the way we treat it—and the policy implications could be profound. That’s the hope, at least, that…
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wallacejnichols
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Oct. 9, 2011
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This will sound like a stretch, but sea turtles owe much to the genius of Steve Jobs. As a young student of conservation genetics, my first computer was an Apple. At that time, geneticists went with Apple mostly by default as the graphics-rich software for sequencing DNA ran best, if…
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wallacejnichols
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Oct. 5, 2011
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Conservationist Wallace "J." Nichols on the Human-Ocean Connection Oceanophilia: The Neuroscience of Emotion and the Ocean "We can use science to explore and understand the profound and ancient emotional connections that lead to deeper relationships with the ocean. I believe that if we do, we have an opportunity for real…
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wallacejnichols
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Oct. 4, 2011
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The ocean is the single biggest feature of our planet. From one million miles away we resemble a small blue marble, from one billion miles a pale blue dot. The ocean covers more than 70% of the Earth's surface, holds more than 80% of its biodiversity and 90% of its…
