As the end of the Brisbane portion of our trip quickly approaches, the final venom biology projects are coming to a close. All 24 of us are completing independent projects based off of our personal interests in venom effects, evolutionary history, and protein composition in venoms across numerous species. For my independent project, I have […]
Kina – The Unlikely Terror
I counted steadily in my head “1, 2, 3, 4” as I walked back on the sand into the ocean, wearing the black wetsuit and neon green headpiece provided by the dive shop. My fellow classmates were also doing this same exercise, but they were counting for another reason. They were trying not to […]
Science survey: Under the Mistletoe
Survey of mistletoe (Loranthaceae) abundance surrounding Lake Rotoiti’s southern beech forests Ariel Moyal March 17th, 2018 Abstract: In New Zealand, mistletoe is an ecologically important endemic species, threatened by native bird loss and damaging possum browsing. In this study we were interested in the effect of possum-control on the abundance of the three species […]
Science, Technology, and Society Reflective Journals
Date Class 2/13 Class: Matauranga Maori 2/14 Class: Clean Water Myth 2/15 Climate Change and New Zealand’s Future 2/16 New Zealand’s role in the IPCC 3/12 Science communication and psychological biases 3/13 Environmental History 3/14 Art-Science collaborations and Climate Change 3/15 Creative Science Writing 2/13 Mātauranga- Maori & Core Maori concepts What struck me […]
A Land Without Teeth, Handed an Arsenal
For our conservation class we put ourselves in the shoes of conservation managers, dealing with the unique challenges of New Zealand’s conservation: “Poison rains from the sky, animals are sprawled across the landscape, dead from no ostensible outward causes. This picture rings dystopian- it is one of ecological devastation, and governmental harshness. It is not […]