The daring plan to save the Arctic ice with glass

The fear that action to combat climate change has been too slow has led some scientists to test unconventional methods to stem the loss of Arctic sea ice.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200923-could-geoengineering-save-the-arctic-sea-ice 

Humans Wiped Out Two-Thirds of the World’s Wildlife in 50 Years

 Threats to global biodiversity are also threats to humans, experts warn

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/humans-wiped-out-two-thirds-worlds-wildlife-50-years-180975824/

This Photo Book Explores Lake Tahoe from Below

'Clarity' dives into North America's largest alpine lake, highlighting the beauty of, and threats to, its renowned clear water

https://www.outsideonline.com/2408258/clarity-lake-tahoe-photo-book?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Dispatch-091720&utm_content=Final&utm_term=dispatch 

Virtual Book Discussion - October 13 - Grave Secrets of Dinosaurs by Phillip Manning

 T-rex skeleton could fetch record price at New York auction

September 16, 2020

.https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/t-rex-skeleton-could-fetch-record-price-at-new-york-auction/

The skeleton of a 40-foot (12-meter) dinosaur nicknamed “Stan”, one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever found, will be auctioned in New York next month and could set a record for a sale of its kind

Discovered in 1987 near Buffalo, South Dakota, the 188-bone skeleton took more than three years to excavate and reconstruct by paleontologists from the state’s Black Hills Geological Research Institute, where it has been exhibited since.

Reminder - Virtual Book Discussion - September 8 - Gulp

Book Review: A Pair of Guides to Fossils, Past and Future

https://undark.org/2020/08/14/book-review-footprints-some-assembly-required/ 

How do you like your science writing served?

Some of us are omnivores, nose-to-tail gourmands who want as much information presented to us as we can load onto our plates. Others want our science served like a fancy gourmet meal, a little light, perhaps, but beautifully plated.

Two recent books illustrate the distinction: “Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA” by Neil Shubin and “Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils” by David Farrier.

Shubin, the Robert R. Bensley Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago, is provost of the Field Museum of Natural History, and he gives us the smorgasbord: a rich guide to the science of evolution in the age of DNA analysis. Farrier is a professor of literature and the environment at the University of Edinburgh, and his offering is a more literary work of quiet grace. Neither is an extreme example of the form — after all, these categories aren’t mutually exclusive. But they are very different, and tuned to the tastes of different readers.