Author: leslielab

Heather speaks out for science and the oceans

View Heather’s recent video on the importance of federal research funding for marine science. Thanks to The Science Coalition for inviting this contribution and Brown University’s Office of Public Affairs and University Relations for helping to make this possible.  

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Heather to speak in WHOI Biology series, June 21

The Biology seminar series at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) continues through the summer, as the village heats up with the arrival of many summer researchers, and of course, tourists. Heather will be presenting her research as part of the series on Thurs, June 21 at noon in the Redfield Auditorium. Click here for the […]

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Voss Fellows podcast featured @ chronicle.com

Congratulations to Brown University students Lee Stevens, Morgan Ivens Duran, Carmen Tubbesing, and Veronica Clarkson! Their podcast – I am a scientist – was featured on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s blog recently. This podcast was the final project for Heather Leslie’s spring 2013 course, Engaged Environmental Scholarship & Communication (ENVS 1965), which she teaches […]

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Applying knowledge of human-ocean connections at the local scale

Heather Leslie, an interdisciplinary marine conservation scientist at Brown University, is investigating the importance of incorporating knowledge of humans’ varied connections to the marine environment, and integrating it into ocean policy and management. This post is based on her remarks at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Vancouver on […]

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Ocean health featured in Nature

Heather Leslie joined collaborators engaged in creating the first-ever ‘Ocean Health Index’ in Vancouver, BC last week. Heather was part of an interdisciplinary session describing the new tool for ocean management. See Nicola Jones’ report from Nature on the Index, and earlier coverage from Miller-McCune. Stay tuned for a description of Heather’s talk…

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Movie tells a new story of ocean stewardship

A new movie from Greenfire Productions describes the changing landscape of ocean policy and stewardship in the US, with stories from the coast of Oregon to the Gulf of Mexico to Mass. Bay. Check in out at http://ocean-frontiers.org/.

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Field notes from Cabo Pulmo

In January 2012, our research team also visited Cabo Pulmo, a Mexican national park south of La Paz where fish, sharks, and other marine species have made a tremendous comeback in the last decade, following the creation of a 72 km2 no-take marine reserve. While we know a great deal about the ecological success of […]

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Field Notes, January in La Paz

Leslie Lab members Heather Leslie and Leila Sievanen traveled to La Paz, Mexico earlier this month for fieldwork and meetings with collaborators from Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Gulf of California Marine Program and The Nature Conservancy . The interdisciplinary research team, which includes experts in anthropology, ecology, economics, fisheries, and sustainability science, gathered in this […]

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