Posted by Barry on May 27, 2010
Julia Baum’s official title is Postdoctoral Associate for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis at the University of Santa Barbara. Her young nieces and nephews simply call her a sharkologist.
Baum should issue an audience advisory before she discusses her research: Caution, studying the oceans’ great predators is seriously depressing business. “For 400 years, sharks have evolved in [...]
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Posted by Barry on March 4, 2010
News this week that the United States had come out in support of giving endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna protection under Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) was hailed as a major victory by environmental groups. “The Obama administration’s decision to support a CITES Appendix I listing of Atlantic bluefin [...]
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