Erika describes the excitement birders feel at the start of a new year.
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Time for a New Year’s Reboot
I’ve officially completed the first quarter of my PhD, and I felt like it was one of my weaker academic performances to date. Much like my first semester in the MEM program at the Nicholas School, I felt ALL the feelings: inadequate, gleeful, inept, intellectually engaged, inefficient, excited, frustrated, enlightened, moronic, self-assured, and doubt-ridden…to name a few.
Anne Martin
alumni, climate, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, sustainability, travel
alumni, climate, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, sustainability, travel
Life Connected
“To live in peace in this world requires acknowledging and embracing a concept of shared destiny (and origin).”
What is Nature?
What is Nature? This is a longstanding question which continues to trouble us.
Here I provide an account of the 12/7/15 discussion which contemplated this seemingly banal but overwhelmingly complex question. I follow my brief review with a series of remarks offered as an invitation for subsequent blogs to address this topic.
Schools of Predatory Fish
Large schools of predatory fish are not a common sight in today’s oceans but “Grand Central Station” as the dive site is called in Namena Marine Reserve has large schools of trevally as pictured here as well as groupers and barracuda thanks to years of protection. Fiji has an increasing number of success stories from its impressively large number of locally managed marine reserves
Fijian Reefs
Known as “the soft coral capital of the world” Fijian reefs sport colorful displays of gorgeous Dendronepthyia, Gorgonians, and more particularly on healthy reefs. In the Namena marine reserve these beautiful soft corals are surrounded by thronging masses of fish thanks to years of successful implementation of a locally managed marine protected area
The Baining people of East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
In the highlands of East New Britain, Papua New Guinea the Baining people perform a ritual dance in which masked figures charged through a massive bonfire. Beyond the general fervor , a mixture of oils and honey protect the dancers from the intense heat
East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
After a long drift along a wall of coral off East New Britain, Papua New Guinea we ended in an eddy of current over a coral garden. Gathered here was a glittering cloud of juvenile anthias and chromis, no fish bigger than a few centimeters #kabairabeachhideaway #PapuaNewGuinea #png #southpacific #Nature #naturephotography #underwaterphotography #Diving #scuba #colors #fish