http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Tue, 21 May 2013 15:39:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/16/settling-in-to-life-in-the-arctic/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/16/settling-in-to-life-in-the-arctic/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:36 +0000 Rebecca Fowler http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=36672 While I arrived in Barrow, Alaska on Tuesday, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientists Andy Juhl and Craig Aumack, and graduate student Kyle Kinzler from Arizona State University, got here one week ago. They took a few days to unpack and set up their lab (everything they need to work here must be shipped to Barrow in [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/16/settling-in-to-life-in-the-arctic/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/13/spring-2013-courses-in-conservation-ecology-and-policy/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/13/spring-2013-courses-in-conservation-ecology-and-policy/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:56:00 +0000 Brian Kateman http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=34987 The Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability (EICES) at Columbia University provides executive training in environmental sustainability through courses in science, economics and policy. We invite you to join our leading experts and practitioners, strengthen your understanding of human-ecosystem interactions, and become an effective environmental leader and decision-maker. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/13/spring-2013-courses-in-conservation-ecology-and-policy/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/28/are-you-using-this-idea-for-your-thesis-research/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/28/are-you-using-this-idea-for-your-thesis-research/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:53:00 +0000 Neil Pederson http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=34728 “Are you using this idea for your thesis research?” I heard this as I stood in front of a classroom full of old-growth forest ecology students. The question had come from Neil Pederson, who was sitting directly in front of me. He was asking this question because I had just spent the past 12 minutes discussing the intricacies of land snail biology and ecology that would make them great organisms to use for ecological modeling in regards to disturbance.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/28/are-you-using-this-idea-for-your-thesis-research/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/15/reflections-on-an-ecological-study-abroad-experience/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/15/reflections-on-an-ecological-study-abroad-experience/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:32:33 +0000 Brian Kateman http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32041 “Everything is so alive in the forest. After a nice summer rain it teems with insects, birds and the famous coquis, Puerto Rico’s native frogs. The song of the coquis take a little getting used to, but they soon lull you to sleep in the humid nights,” says Jennifer Mendez, a student in the first class of the Summer Ecosystem Experience for Undergraduates in Puerto Rico.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/15/reflections-on-an-ecological-study-abroad-experience/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/21/scientists-discover-new-species-of-monkey/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/21/scientists-discover-new-species-of-monkey/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:58:30 +0000 Brian Kateman http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=30665 In a gigantic and remote rainforest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a team of scientists have discovered a new species of Old World monkey known as the "Lesula."]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/21/scientists-discover-new-species-of-monkey/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/12/natures-toxic-crusaders/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/12/natures-toxic-crusaders/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:19:34 +0000 CERC Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=30105 Can mushrooms help clean up oil spills? Can oysters filter sewage pollution? Industrial waste is being injected into the planet's soil and water as a result of human activity. Pioneers in the field of conservation and sustainability are employing nature's own biological task force to help clean up.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/12/natures-toxic-crusaders/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/05/expanding-overseas-study-opportunities/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/05/expanding-overseas-study-opportunities/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:48:32 +0000 CERC Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=24675 A golf-ball-sized rhinoceros beetle flies through the open-air pavilion and lands on my table. I look up from my notes, an attempt at reworking my African wild dog study methods, and realize I haven’t seen one of these mighty beasts since my junior year in South Africa. The beetle is a welcome companion on this quiet, star-studded night in Jordan’s Ajloun Forest Reserve. Creature comforts: another perspective shift made possible by the Columbia Global Centers. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/05/expanding-overseas-study-opportunities/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/16/male-seahorse-a-supermom/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/16/male-seahorse-a-supermom/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:29:28 +0000 Brian Kateman http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=17730 The term, male-pregnancy, may seem to border on oxymoronic, but seahorses will prove to you otherwise. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/16/male-seahorse-a-supermom/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/23/cerc-symposium-live-coverage-on-twitter/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/23/cerc-symposium-live-coverage-on-twitter/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:34:17 +0000 Brian Kateman http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=12064 On March 1st, 2011, CERC will host Sustaining Life, Securing Our Future, a day-long symposium that brings together leaders in biodiversity research, conservation, and education to present on the extraordinary diversity of the natural world and its role in securing a sustainable future. CERC will be tweeting live information as the conference unfolds!]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/23/cerc-symposium-live-coverage-on-twitter/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/23/dead-baby-dolphins-and-the-oil-spill-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/23/dead-baby-dolphins-and-the-oil-spill-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:31:33 +0000 Brian Kateman http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=12045 Researchers report that dead baby dolphins emerged along the shores of the Gulf, potentially an important finding in light of the spill.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/23/dead-baby-dolphins-and-the-oil-spill-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/feed/ 4