Getting going with desktop climate modeling
[dropcap4 color="green"]O[/dropcap4]ver the past 26 hours my 8-core monster Mac Pro has been crunching numbers like never before. I’ve had it running a public domain climate modeling software package...
View ArticleInternational Marine Conservation Congress – Ice and Seals
Our lab just got word that two abstracts have been accepted for oral presentations at the upcoming International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC) this May in Victoria, BC. I will be giving a talk...
View ArticleThe HMS Plover Project and the Duke Special Collections Library
We’ve just started working with Dr. Kevin Wood from the University of Washington’s Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO) and his colleagues on an interesting historical...
View ArticleAbstracts for Upcoming Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
Our lab has several abstracts accepted for presentation at the upcoming 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. The conference is being held in Tampa, FL during November 28 to...
View ArticleHarp seals on thin ice…
Today we published a paper on the effects of climate change on pagophilic seals in the North Atlantic in the open access journal PLoS ONE. The paper is available to everyone, free of charge here:...
View ArticleHarp seals and ice: Media and hype
[photo size='medium' align='right']http://superpod.ml.duke.edu/johnston/files/2012/01/Seal-26th007.jpg[/photo]It’s been 13 days since our paper about changing sea ice conditions in breeding regions of...
View ArticleIce seals and Cachalot in Spring 2012 Duke Environment
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View ArticlePalmer Long-term Ecological Research Program: Rise of the Megafauna
Zach Swaim and I have just returned from a 6-week excursion to the deep south, to further incorporate and expand marine mammals studies into the epic Palmer Long-term Ecological Research (LTER)...
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