Findings, June 2010

Columns, June 2010, pages 22-23.

What Are You Thinking?
A tool for measuring unconscious attitudes and beliefs.

Building Green Roads
UW researchers develop a system to rate the sustainability of road construction and maintenance.

Dinosaurs Grow Older
A fossil find in southern Tanzania pushes back the Age of the Dinosaurs.

Local Food: The Economics

WorldWatch, Vol. 22, No. 4, July/August 2009.

In the second article in my two-part series on local food, I take a closer look at the argument that local food benefits local economies.

Read an excerpt here.

Is Local Food Better?

World Watch, Vol. 22, No. 3, May/June 2009. (Cover article.)

Yes, but not in the way most people think. This article digs into the complexities of life-cycle analysis in an effort to move the conversation beyond food miles to a broader understanding of the carbon footprint of what we eat.

Read the full text here.

Building a Virtual Watercooler

BioScience, Vol. 52, No. 2, February 2002, page 128.

A look at the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units program.

Read an excerpt here.

Embargoing Science

BioScience, Vol. 51, No. 8, August 2001, page 612.

U.S. policy toward Cuba and its effect on scientific collaboration.

Read an excerpt here.