Marine scientists at Brown University have determined that the size of rocks in rocky intertidal areas is important to the survival of a common marine animal, the acorn barnacle. The bigger the rock, the less its temperature fluctuates during hot spells. That’s better for the barnacle, which needs rock temperatures to not exceed a certain […]
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A team of experts led by Brown University has a plan to advance President Obama’s directive to manage the nation’s waters better. In a paper in Conservation Letters, Leila Sievanen and Heather Leslie – along with a number of other natural and social scientists – offer several recommendations based on a two-year investigation of marine management efforts […]
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Leslie lab member Courtney Mattison is featured on the Brown News page this week! Courtney, a Brown University master’s candidate, unites her interests in art and environmental studies in her large-scale ceramic coral reef wall installation, on display this spring at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration headquarters in Washington, D.C. Under Secretary of Commerce […]
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Leila Sievanen, Leslie Lab postdoc, and Heather Leslie will be speaking at the annual meeting of AAAS in Washington, DC later this week on the need to better understand the ocean’s varied habitats and how they change over time, as well as the need to involve all constituencies in conservation and management discussions. Heather’s talk […]
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Download the 2011 application (due February 15th) and read about the 2010 fellows’ projects at the new Brown Environmental Fellows website. BEF is directed by Heather Leslie and is open to all Brown juniors interested in environmental science and policy.
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Leslie Lab postdoc Sheila Walsh has a new article on her Kiribati ecological-economic research in Marine Biology. For more on the research, and related work in the Leslie Lab, see http://today.brown.edu/articles/2010/12/reefs
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Read the editorial and feature article describing the accomplishments of and challenges faced this past year by Dr. Jane Lubchenco, administrator of NOAA.
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Science Careers hosts an array of resources for folks interested in scientific careers in academia, government and the nonprofit and private sectors. They’ve just published a new guide to making the most of research and professional development opportunities, from your undergraduate years on.
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Brown University’s Environmental Change Initiative seeks candidates for one or more distinguished postdoctoral positions in interdisciplinary environmental science. Applications are due 3/1/2011. For more information, please see http://brown.edu/Research/ECI/
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Caribbean and Atlantic coral reefs suffered record losses due to extreme heat in 2005. In the most comprehensive assessment of regional coral bleaching, scientists from over 22 countries, including Brown’s Sheila Walsh, report that over 80% of corals bleached and 40% died. These losses are especially alarming because Caribbean corals are already in peril due […]
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