Nature,Science,Society

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Nature, Science, and Society Seminar in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at UConn

This seminar involves faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students, and local citizens. The point is to engage in a broader discussion of the place of nature and science in our society.

2012-13 Participants

Greg Anderson, Professor Emeritus
Mona Anderson, Associate Research Professor
Lara Ariori, Master's Student
James Bernot, Master's Student
Alyssa Borowske, Doctoral Student
Bob Capers, Staff Botanist
Wen Chen, Doctoral Student
Marilyn R. Gould, Master's Student
Don Hoyle, Retired United Methodist Clergyman
Michael Hutson, Doctoral Student
Brian Klingbeil, Doctoral Student
Gene Likens, Special Advisor to the UConn President on Environmental Affairs and Distinguished Research Professor
Jessie Rack, Doctoral Student
Dustin Ray, Doctoral Student
Mark Urban, Assistant Professor
Tanisha Williams, Doctoral Student

Climate change and the Election

Here are links about stories regarding the prominence of science, and specifically climate change, in the recent presidential elections:

  • Obama fails first climate test by rejecting EU aviation carbon regime

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/28/obama-fails-climate-test-aviation

  • A resource crisis exacerbated by global warming is looming, argues financier Jeremy Grantham. More scientists must speak out.

http://www.nature.com/news/be-persuasive-be-brave-be-arrested-if-necessary-1.11796

  • Climate Change: Lessons From Ronald Reagan

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/opinion/sunday/climate-change-lessons-from-ronald-reagan.html

  • When the economy is suffering, no one wants to hear about an impending environmental catastrophe.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/10/08/climate_deniers?page=0,1

  • Why, even now, climate change cannot be mentioned in the presidential election.

http://www.monbiot.com/2012/11/05/struck-dumb/

  • It's the New Economy, Stupid

http://www.thenation.com/article/171502/its-new-economy-stupid

Climate change - evidence of a tipping point

  • At the edge of disaster

http://www.smh.com.au/national/at-the-edge-of-disaster-20121127-2a5xe.html

  • Climate Scientists Applaud Dire World Bank Report

http://www.livescience.com/24960-climate-change-world-bank-report.html