Entries for category "Books | Writing"
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wallacejnichols
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July 6, 2008
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In 1996, I was on the first team to attach a satellite transmitter to the back of a sea turtle and track her migration across an entire ocean. Her name was Adelita, after the daughter of a local fisherman. Over the next 368 days, she swam some 7,000 miles from…
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wallacejnichols
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June 6, 2008
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Everywhere I go, people ask: “What one thing can I do for the ocean?”My daughter, a kindergartener, answers simply: “pick up your trash.” Of course, using energy efficient light bulbs or driving a hybrid are good answers, since global warming is fundamentally an ocean issue. Then again, the simple act…
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wallacejnichols
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May 23, 2008
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Live Blue: Live life with ocean in mind. Read the commentary piece by Ocean Conservancy Senior Scientist Wallace "J" Nichols on how we can all live blue.
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wallacejnichols
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March 23, 2008
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Overview: “We are at the Awana Kijal Golf, Beach & Spa Resort, a nine-story monster of a building, which conveniently has an ice cold conference room with no windows, just like all the others in thousands of hotels around the world. Kill the lights and fire up the PowerPoint. You…
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wallacejnichols
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Jan. 31, 2008
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Make a list of the world’s most endangered sea turtle populations.Is the eastern Pacific hawksbill on it? If not, it’s no surprise. Essentially nothing is known of the biology, distribution, abundance, or conservation needs of this enigmatic population. Until recently, virtually nothing had been done to study what remains of…
