The coring device has to be lowered blindly through 100 meters of water—too deep for divers to navigate—and land vertically at the right speed, rather than bouncing off a rock or tipping over in the currents, in order to capture a good slice of the soft sediment below. The sampling is part of Ostrom Climate […]
What is distinctive is its spiked shell that tapers at the top into 13 spines, like a crown worn by the leader of an invading army—which is appropriate enough, since the second thing you need to know about the green crab is that it’s one of the planet’s most aggressive invasive species. Their aggression extends […]
Sulphur Creek was one of the first places gold miners struck it rich in the Klondike at the turn of the 20th century. The project, spearheaded by the Washington, DC–based NGO Resolve, aims to produce what the partners call Salmon Gold. Stephen D’Esposito, Resolve’s president and CEO, came up with the idea after flying over […]