Nobel Conference Blog

Month: September 2012

  • Nobel Conference 48 Profile of Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

    —

    by

    jdontje

    If whales are the iconic species for ocean conservation, then coral reefs are the iconic ecosystem. Coral reefs are centers of ocean biodiversity, occupying less than 0.1 percent of the ocean surface while supporting 25 percent of the world’s marine species. With the riot of color and panoply of creatures adapted to these unique environments,…

  • Nobel Conference 48 Profile of Kathleen Dean Moore

    —

    by

    averslui

    If you wanted to listen to the ocean, what would you do? Would you sit on a rocky headland while waves crashed and thundered their slow beat far below? If you wanted to delight in the ocean, what would you do? Would you float on gorgeous, green, rolling waves while a pod of dolphins leaped…