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June 8, 2009
Sinking oceans
Forests continue to burn
Scientists to showcase ‘walking toys’
Canadian culture hits cyberspace
Sinking oceans
With fish populations dropping, marine habitats collapsing and coastal communities flooding, it’s hard to ignore that the world’s oceans are in trouble. To draw attention to the problem, the United Nations has officially declared June 8 as World Oceans Day. Several SFU biologists are prepared to comment on issues affecting oceans. Nick Dulvy can talk about his soon-to-be-published research indicating that the Caribbean’s coral reefs are collapsing faster than thought, and the impact of global warming on tropical fishery-dependent nations. John Reynolds can talk about how overfishing is driving some species into extinction, and other fishery management issues.
Nick Dulvy, 778.782.4124; nick_dulvy@sfu.ca
John Reynolds, 778.782.5636; reynolds@sfu.ca
Forests continue to burn
As the wildfire west of Lillooet burns out of control new fires prompted by lightning storms are threatening areas around Kelowna. Ken Lertzman, director of SFU’s School of Resource and Environmental Management, specializes in forest management and forest fires and can provide comment on the early fire activity in B.C.’s forests.
Ken Lertzman, 778.782.3069; lertzman@sfu.ca
Scientists to showcase ‘walking toys’
Walking robots will take to the runway on Thursday, June 11 at 3:30 p.m. as scientists meet at SFU this week to share the latest research on how and why we walk the way we do. The robots range from Cornell University’s four-legged Cornell Ranger - which holds the world’s autonomous robot distance record (9 km) - to the Dutch two-legged humanoid robot called The Flame. The demos will be held outside SFU’s locomotion lab, run by kinesiologist Max Donelan, (Applied Sciences Building, K8501). Donelan, creator of the bionic energy harvester, can also elaborate on steps scientists are taking to advance walking research. See the website: www.dynamicwalking.org
Max Donelan, 604.992.4986 (cell); max_donelan@sfu.ca
Canadian culture hits cyberspace
Canadian culture is heading online thanks to the efforts of SFU librarians. New Digital Collection Builder (DCB) software will make it easy for libraries, archives, and other heritage organizations to provide access to their unique digitized collections, including rare museum collections. The project is the brainchild of Lynn Copeland and Mark Jordan. (DCB is available as a free download from Canadiana.org).
Lynn Copeland, 778.782.3265; lynn_copeland@sfu.ca
Forests continue to burn
Scientists to showcase ‘walking toys’
Canadian culture hits cyberspace
Sinking oceans
With fish populations dropping, marine habitats collapsing and coastal communities flooding, it’s hard to ignore that the world’s oceans are in trouble. To draw attention to the problem, the United Nations has officially declared June 8 as World Oceans Day. Several SFU biologists are prepared to comment on issues affecting oceans. Nick Dulvy can talk about his soon-to-be-published research indicating that the Caribbean’s coral reefs are collapsing faster than thought, and the impact of global warming on tropical fishery-dependent nations. John Reynolds can talk about how overfishing is driving some species into extinction, and other fishery management issues.
Nick Dulvy, 778.782.4124; nick_dulvy@sfu.ca
John Reynolds, 778.782.5636; reynolds@sfu.ca
Forests continue to burn
As the wildfire west of Lillooet burns out of control new fires prompted by lightning storms are threatening areas around Kelowna. Ken Lertzman, director of SFU’s School of Resource and Environmental Management, specializes in forest management and forest fires and can provide comment on the early fire activity in B.C.’s forests.
Ken Lertzman, 778.782.3069; lertzman@sfu.ca
Scientists to showcase ‘walking toys’
Walking robots will take to the runway on Thursday, June 11 at 3:30 p.m. as scientists meet at SFU this week to share the latest research on how and why we walk the way we do. The robots range from Cornell University’s four-legged Cornell Ranger - which holds the world’s autonomous robot distance record (9 km) - to the Dutch two-legged humanoid robot called The Flame. The demos will be held outside SFU’s locomotion lab, run by kinesiologist Max Donelan, (Applied Sciences Building, K8501). Donelan, creator of the bionic energy harvester, can also elaborate on steps scientists are taking to advance walking research. See the website: www.dynamicwalking.org
Max Donelan, 604.992.4986 (cell); max_donelan@sfu.ca
Canadian culture hits cyberspace
Canadian culture is heading online thanks to the efforts of SFU librarians. New Digital Collection Builder (DCB) software will make it easy for libraries, archives, and other heritage organizations to provide access to their unique digitized collections, including rare museum collections. The project is the brainchild of Lynn Copeland and Mark Jordan. (DCB is available as a free download from Canadiana.org).
Lynn Copeland, 778.782.3265; lynn_copeland@sfu.ca