Are you a member of the ESA Student Section? To vote for this film (film #3) as Student's Choice in the 2008 Student Ecofilm Awards ( http://www.esa.org/students/section/?q=node/51 ) please send your email vote as formatted below: To: salguero@sas.upenn.edu Subject: ESA Student Section SEAs Choice Award vote Body: Vote #3 If you are not yet a member of the student section, you can join easily! Click on the following link and follow the instructions (...

Building upon a legacy of coastal science at Scripps, high-tech tools are opening new avenues for researchers to track sand movements and further explain beach systems.

Spiranthes praecox, greenvein lady's tresses, is an orchid native to eastern North America, from eastern Texas to New Jersey. Though many members of the genus are difficult to identify, this species is readily distinguished by the green veins on the lip of the flower. A yellow veined form is also known (C.J. Sheviak and P.M. Brown. In: Flora of North America. Vol 26, 2002). Plant 15-80 cm tall; with mostly linear leaves (1 - 5 mm wide) often hidden in leaf litter; inflorescence...

Coral reefs are dying a death of a thousand cuts and their disappearance threatens not only the incredibly diverse ecosystem that depends on them, but also human health and welfare. In this episode of MicrobeWorld Video marine scientists Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Ph.D. , chair of marine studies at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, and Kiho Kim, Ph.D. , director of the environmental studies program at American University, explain the important relationship between microbes...

This film is meant to both highlight the value of conservation and to inspire fascination and curiosity with Nature. This is achieved by briefly contrasting the industrialized southern lakeshore of Lake Michigan with two nearby national parks (Cowles Bog National Natural Landmark and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore) and by exhibiting the beauty and diversity of the parks in two hikes recorded in Autumn 2007 and Spring 2008. The hikes begin in Cowles Bog and follow a trail out to the...

Scripps Oceanography research suggests that climate change will require a complete rethinking of water delivery systems in the West. That'll be step one.