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Small Fish, Big Red: Teenage DNA Detectives Expose US Fish Fraud

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Teenage DNA Detectives Expose US Fish Fraud. Saturday, August 23, 2008. New Scientist magazine is carrying the story. Of two classmates from New York's Trinity School. Who collected 60 fish samples from fish stores and restaurants around New York. They then sent their samples off to the University of Guelph in Canada for DNA testing. Of 56 samples that could be identified by the DNA barcoding identification technique. 14 were mislabeled as an entirely different species. A type of cichlid. I'm a marine ec...

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Small Fish, Big Red: More Jonathan Meiburg (Shearwater) Ornithological Geekery

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More Jonathan Meiburg (Shearwater) Ornithological Geekery. Friday, August 08, 2008. About Jonathan Meiburg's (not so) secret life as a bird nerd the other day I have been pointed to this series. Of videos on YouTube:. Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater gives a tour of the Falkland Islands. As part of a survey team from Falklands Conservation and the Edinburgh Zoo, he searches for Striated Caracaras or, "Johnny Rook". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Blogs I like to read.

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Small Fish, Big Red: Big Changes at Small Fish

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Big Changes at Small Fish. Sunday, September 21, 2008. Small Fish, Big Apple is dead. Long live Small Fish, Big Red! The holiday is over for me, I have accepted a job in Perth, Western Australia and left the Big Apple. Perth is one of the most geographically isolated cities in the world. It is more than 2000 km from the next city of 1 million people. It is geographically closer to East Timor. Than it is to Sydney. According to Wikipedia, it is the antipode of Hamilton, Bermuda. September 23, 2008.

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Small Fish, Big Red: Climate Change "Skeptic" Admits He Was Wrong.

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Climate Change "Skeptic" Admits He Was Wrong. Wednesday, August 27, 2008. James Hrynyshyn at The Island of Doubt. Has a post up this morning. Which describes a rapid about-face performed by climate change denialist Steven Goddard of The Register. Meet Steven Goddard of The Register, a peculiar little news outlet published in London. Sort of. Goddard wrote a piece that appeared on Aug. 15 under the bold headline " Arctic ice refuses to melt as ordered. To offer a rebuttal:. Dr Walt Meier at NSIDC has conv...

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Small Fish, Big Red: Murray River Lower Lakes Beyond Salvation

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Murray River Lower Lakes Beyond Salvation. Thursday, August 07, 2008. Source: Alex Schrader www.abc.net.au. The Australian Federal Water Minister, Penny Wong, has announced that due to the extended drought, the Murray River's lower lakes appear to now be beyond salvation. Lying near the mouth of the Murray in SA, the lakes have been listed as internationally protected wetlands under the Ramsar Convention. They host a large number of plants, animals and migratory birds. Back in July I wrote. That a final ...

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Small Fish, Big Red: Japanese Scientists Publish Results From "Scientific" Whaling Program

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Japanese Scientists Publish Results From "Scientific" Whaling Program. Thursday, August 28, 2008. Japan has been roundly criticized by many commentators over the past two decades for it's “scientific” whaling program, with many saying the program is no more than commercial whale hunting in disguise. Japanese scientists have finally published data from this program in Popular Biology. And their findings aren’t good: whales are getting skinnier. And global warming might be at fault:. The others included de...

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Small Fish, Big Red: Australian Drought Expected to Worsen and Alter River Basin Ecology

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Australian Drought Expected to Worsen and Alter River Basin Ecology. Friday, July 11, 2008. Source: Alex Schrader www.abc.net.au. Australia’s worst drought in 100 years, which has already cost the nation $20 billion dollars since 2002, is likely to become even more severe and cause permanent ecological changes. In the country’s breadbasket, the Murray-Darling river basin, government officials said. Neil Schillabeer, from the Lower Lakes and Coorong Infrastructure Committee, says. View my complete profile.

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Small Fish, Big Red: Beautiful Sailfish Photographs

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Friday, August 22, 2008. Amazing underwater shots of sailfish feeding on a school of sardines, from National Geographic:. Source: Paul Nicklen @ National Geographic. Source: Paul Nicklen @ National Geographic. Source: Paul Nicklen @ National Geographic. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I'm a marine ecologist working in the environmental consulting industry in Perth, Australia - one of the most geographically isolated cities in the world. View my complete profile. Blogs I like to read.

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Small Fish, Big Red: September 2008

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Big Changes at Small Fish. Sunday, September 21, 2008. Small Fish, Big Apple is dead. Long live Small Fish, Big Red! The holiday is over for me, I have accepted a job in Perth, Western Australia and left the Big Apple. Perth is one of the most geographically isolated cities in the world. It is more than 2000 km from the next city of 1 million people. It is geographically closer to East Timor. Than it is to Sydney. According to Wikipedia, it is the antipode of Hamilton, Bermuda. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Small Fish, Big Red: Moving Toward a Global Biodiversity Observation and Measurement System

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Moving Toward a Global Biodiversity Observation and Measurement System. Sunday, August 24, 2008. The paper goes on to reiterate the need for national to global-scale biodiversity measurements. This need was highlighted by the adoption of a target to "reduce the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010" by the 190 countries that are parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. That provides access to data, services, analytical tools, and modeling capabilities through a Web-based GEO Portal. Japanese Sci...