Education – Field Talk /fieldtalk audio interviews take you into the field with ecologists Wed, 18 Dec 2013 00:38:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Immersed in the clouds: Interview with tropical cloud forest researcher /fieldtalk/immersed-in-the-clouds-interview-with-tropical-cloud-forest-researcher/ /fieldtalk/immersed-in-the-clouds-interview-with-tropical-cloud-forest-researcher/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:41:08 +0000 /fieldtalk/?p=217 … Read more ›]]> Greg Goldsmith, tropical plant ecologist from the University of California, BerkeleyThere is a world within the canopy of a tropical cloud forest that not many people get to see. In this unique ecosystem – maintained by the exceptionally wet microclimate of cloud cover—orchids, moss, lichens and other epiphytes grow in every crease and pocket of the supporting tree branches. Here, hundreds of species of birds, monkeys and other mammal pollinators navigate the aerial landscape, scattering seeds along the way (see below video).

Greg Goldsmith, tropical plant ecologist from the University of California, Berkeley, spends his days harnessed in this “canopy in the clouds”—the name of the interactive, educational website he is currently working on with photographer Drew Fulton and cinematographer Colin Witherill. Read more in the EcoTone post.

Photo Credit: Drew Fulton

]]> /fieldtalk/immersed-in-the-clouds-interview-with-tropical-cloud-forest-researcher/feed/ 1 Taking a shot at photographing science and nature /fieldtalk/taking-a-shot-at-photographing-science-and-nature/ /fieldtalk/taking-a-shot-at-photographing-science-and-nature/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:49:01 +0000 /fieldtalk/?p=209 … Read more ›]]> Ecologist and photographer Molly Mehling Some projects implement photography as a means for exploring societal and environmental issues. One such project is gigapan.org, which allows users to share and discuss panoramic photographs (one of the most famous gigapans is of the 2009 Inauguration of President Barack Obama). Ecologist and photographer Molly Mehling uses gigapan to capture research and encourage conversation and collaboration about science, nature and sustainability.

In a recent interview for EcoTone, Mehling discussed opportunities for incorporating photography into research and the ways in which images can convey messages about science and nature. Photography can put viewers at the foot of a receding glacier or face-to-face with a humpback whale.

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