Category Archives: global climate change

WWF is calling all leaders in Canada’s scientific community

Tomorrow, the Globe and Mail will publish a full-page advertisement by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF-Canada) outlining an open letter signed by over 500 Canadian scientists to Prime Minister Harper calling for strong Canadian action to address climate change, leading … Continue reading

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Are cows an endangered species?

Last march I went to a meeting at UCLA called Evolutionary Change in Human-altered Environments – an international summit. The meeting attendees consisted of a mix of your regular academic researchers and government official, policy and decision makers. It was … Continue reading

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Paper on adaptation under climate change published

My paper with Jessica Hellmann entitled on evolutionary dynamics of correlated traits under climate change has now appeared in print in Biological Conservation. See also previous post New paper on adaptive evolution under global climate change for more details. The … Continue reading

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"The little things that rule the world"

Earlier this year Edward O. Wilson was awarded the TED Prize. In his acceptance speech he refers to all the invertebrates and microorganisms as the little things that rule the world. Because we are flying blind into our environmental future … Continue reading

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New paper on adaptive evolution under global climate change

The day has finally come! My paper with Jessica Hellmann is in press and now available online. Check it out here! This project was initiated many moons ago while we both still were at University of British Columbia. Our basic … Continue reading

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