{"id":4633,"date":"2011-02-02T17:54:49","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T21:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/?p=4633"},"modified":"2011-02-02T17:54:49","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T21:54:49","slug":"from-the-community-ecology-in-videos-and-podcasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/2011\/02\/02\/from-the-community-ecology-in-videos-and-podcasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecology in videos and podcasts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oysters proposed for cleaning up New York\u2019s rivers, mall music has a bigger impact than boosting sales, cephalopods advance research in neuroscience and robotics, <\/span>how gut bacteria might be shaping brain development and behavior and<\/span> E.O. Wilson discusses a life of research on ants. Here are the remaining links from January.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oyster-tecture: <\/strong>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a study today<\/a> showing heavy contamination in the Gowanus Canal in New York City. In the above TED video, landscape architect Kate Orff discusses plans to reestablish oysters to the Canal as a way to filter pollution and create habitats for other species. \u201cOne oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water a day,\u201d said Orff, \u201c\u2026and they become the bedrock of any harbor ecosystem.\u201d Read more<\/a> at \u201cReviving New York\u2019s rivers \u2014 with oysters!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Lowering music emissions:<\/strong> Stanford University<\/a> journalism students put a new spin on the term noise pollution: They calculated just how much energy is used to play background music in malls in the U.S. As explained in the Scientific American<\/em> podcast 60-Second Earth<\/em>, \u201c[the students] crunched the numbers on how much energy it takes to play all that pop and came up with a figure of 1.18 gigawatt-hours. Given the present energy mix that means Mantovani adds more than 3,000 metric tons of CO2 to the atmosphere each year.\u201d Read more<\/a> and listen at \u201cAnother Reason to Hate Shopping Sound Tracks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Cephalopod brains:<\/strong> In a lengthy BoingBoing video, science journalist Maggie Koerth-Baker explains the cephalopod\u2014such as octopuses and squid\u2014brain and how it is used for communication, object detection and predator avoidance. \u201cThe secret to the octopus\u2019 success: its brain,\u201d she said in the video. \u201cThis incredibly weird structure, from our biased vertebrate mammalian perspective\u2026is the result of an evolutionary process hundreds of millions of years removed from our own, creating an organ that looks on the surface nothing like what we\u2019ve come to expect an honest brain to be.\u201d Koerth-Baker applies these brain functionalities to neuroscience and robotics. Read more<\/a> at \u201ceverybody loves cephalopods.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

E.O. Wilson on ants and life:<\/strong> In an Encyclopedia of Life<\/em> podcast, E.O. Wilson, now 81, discusses his lifelong study of ants\u2014including the red imported fire ant that he discovered at the age of 13 in Alabama\u2014and what drives him to continue his research. \u201cI think my life proves, if you are truly a dedicated naturalist, if you\u2019ve known the joys of exploring\u00a0 biodiversity, and you\u2019ve become fairly familiar with ecosystems that feel like home to you when you step into them\u2026that it is a source of lifelong pleasure, adventure, challenge and excitement,\u201d he said in the podcast. \u00a0Read more<\/a> and listen at \u201cSolenopsis invicta<\/em> and Paraponera clavata<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

B for biodiversity:<\/strong> In a public service announcement from Scottish Natural Heritage, citizens are encouraged to let their lawns grow long and plant wildflowers to help bees. As Corey Bradshaw wrote on his blog ConservationBytes<\/em>, \u201cAnother quick and entertaining look at why bees are important<\/a>, why they\u2019re crashing<\/a>, and what people can do about it (at least, on a very fine scale). And it\u2019s all done in Scottish.\u201d Read more<\/a> at \u201cA wee ditty about the bee.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, gut bacteria<\/a> shape brain development and behavior, Ethiopa\u2019s gray wolf<\/a> and golden jackal, sudden oak death<\/a> and wildfires in California, tag cloud<\/a> of top keywords in ecology, the adaptation of a seahorse shape<\/a>, the evolution of sexual diversity<\/a>, removing species<\/a> to save others, striped plateau lizards advertise fertility<\/a> and fasciation in plants<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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