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Author Archives: Ret Talbot
Seafood Expo North America 2019
Today is the first day of Seafood Expo North America 2019 (SENA19), and I’m headed to Boston for the show. For those of you unfamiliar with the event, it is largest seafood exposition in North America with thousands of buyers and … Continue reading
Free Science Writing Workshop
As part of the 2019 Maine Science Festival, I will be teaching a Science Writing 101 Workshop on Saturday (16 March) from 11:30 to 1:30 in Bangor, Maine. Many scientists find it challenging and time-consuming to communicate in clear, simple … Continue reading
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Cayman Islands Journalist on Front Line of Coral Reef Health
Joe Avary is a reporter with with Cayman 27 in the Cayman Islands, and we’ve been in touch since my Yale Environment 360 story that mentioned coral disease at a popular Grand Cayman dive site published earlier this month. … Continue reading
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Tagged carnival magic, caymen 27, Coral reef, grand cayman, joe avary, killer pillar, tatoosh, yale e360
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Saving Grand Cayman’s Killer Pillar
I recently published a story about coral disease in Yale Environment 360, and I’ve had a lot of follow-up through social media. One of the top questions/comments I’ve received concerns Killer Pillar, a Grand Cayman dive site mentioned in the … Continue reading
As Disease Ravages Coral Reefs, Scientists Scramble for Solutions (Excerpt from Yale E360)
The following is an excerpt of my article on climate disease fromYale Environment 360. Click “CONTINUE” at the end of the excerpts to read the full article at https://e360.yale.edu. In September 2014, William Precht received an alarming phone call. “I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged coral disease, coral reefs, florida reef tract, yale e360
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‘Holy Grail’ Test for Illegal Cyanide-Caught Aquarium Fish May Be Fatally Flawed [Excerpt from NatGeo]
This is an excerpt from my latest article in National Geographic. A widely celebrated test believed to be able to determine if tropical marine aquarium fish were caught illegally using cyanide may be based on problematic data, a new study … Continue reading
Beyond Data Podcast in the News
Thanks to the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Office of Communications and Marketing for directing folks to my podcast episode Brown Trout – Beloved Invader that looked at invasive species through the … Continue reading
