Published on NCEAS (http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu)

Home > content > Interviews with NCEAS Scientists

Interviews with NCEAS Scientists [1]

Interview with Mark Browne and Chelsea Rochman [2], March 14, 2013, KCLU Radio

Research Team Suggests New Approach To Dealing With Exploding Global Plastics Pollution Problem
by Lance Orozco, KCLU Public Radio

Related scientific paper:
Policy: Classify plastic waste as hazardous [3]
Chelsea M. Rochman, Mark Anthony Browne, Benjamin S. Halpern, Brian T. Hentschel, Eunha Hoh, Hrissi K. Karapanagioti, Lorena M. Rios-Mendoza, Hideshige Takada, Swee Teh and Richard C. Thompson
Nature, 494: 169-171, 2013
 

Interview with Jai Rangananthan [4], February 15, 2013, National Public Radio

Scientists Pass The Hat For Research Funding
by Joe Palca, National Public Radio


Interview with Bethany Bradley [5], January 9, 2012, KCLU Radio

Santa Barbara County Based Research Team Issues Warning About Invasive Plants
by Lance Orozco, KCLU Public Radio

Related scientific paper:
Global change, global trade, and the next wave of plant invasions [6]
Bethany A. Bradley, Dana M. Blumenthal, Regan Early, Edwin D. Grosholz, Joshua J. Lawler, Luke P. Miller, Cascade J.B. Sorte, Carla M. D'Antonio, Jeffrey M. Diez, Jeffrey S. Dukes, Ines Ibanez, and Julian D. Olden
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (e-View) (2011)
 

Interview with F. Davis, S. Hampton and R. Condon [7], December 6, 2011

UCSB's National Center for Analysis and Synthesis: A Model for Enhancing Scientific Understanding
by UCSB Office of Public Affairs

Related scientific paper:
Collaboration and Productivity in Scientific Synthesis [8]
Stephanie E. Hampton and John N. Parker
BioScience 61(11):900-910, 2011
 

Interview with Stephen Katz [9], June 16, 2011, Miller McCune

Curiouser and Curiouser: From Siberia to the Tropics with a Thermometer
by Jai Ranganathan

Related scientific paper:
Influence of Long-Distance Climate Teleconnection on Seasonality of Water Temperature in the World's Largest Lake - Lake Baikal, Siberia [10]
Stephen L. Katz, Stephanie E. Hampton, Lyubov R. Izmest'eva, Marianne V. Moore
PLoS ONE 6(2): e14688, 2011
 

Interview with Sadie Ryan [11], June 7, 2011, Miller McCune

Curiouser and Curiouser: The Next Epidemic - How Society Aids Disease
by Jai Ranganathan

Interview with Simon Queenborough [12], December 10, 2010, Miller McCune

Curiouser and Curiouser: Why Are There So Many Species in Tropical Rainforests?
by Jai Ranganathan

Related scientific paper:
Taxonomic Scale-Dependence of Habitat Niche Partitioning and Biotic Neighbourhood on Survival of Tropical Tree Seedlings [13]
Simon A. Queenborough, David F.R.P Burslem, Nancy C. Garwood, Renato Valencia
Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biological Sciences 276:4197-4205, 2009
 

Interview with Max Moritz [14], December 2, 2010, Miller McCune

Curiouser and Curiouser: Out of Control Wildfires: a California-size Disaster
by Jai Ranganathan

Related scientific paper:
Spatial Variation in Extreme Winds Predicts Large Wildfire Locations in Chaparral Ecosystems [15]
Max A. Moritz, Tadashi J. Moody, Meg A. Krawchuk, Mimi Huges, Alex Hall
Geophysical Research Letters 37: L04801, 2010
 

Interview with Josh Tewksbury [16], November, 18, 2010, Miller McCune

Curiouser and Curiouser: Why Are Chili Peppers So Spicy?
by Jai Ranganathan

Related scientific paper:
Evolutionary Ecology of Pungency in Wild Chiles [17]
Joshua J. Tewksbury, Karen M. Reagan, Noelle J. Machnicki, Tomás A. Carlo, David C. Haak, Alejandra Lorena Calderón Peñaloza, Douglas J. Levey
PNAS0802691105, 2008
 

Interview with Hugh Possingham [18], November 10, 2010, Miller McCune

Curiouser and Curiouser: Are Conservation Biologists Wasting Their Time?
by Jai Ranganathan

Interview with Larry Crowder [19], October 15, 2010, Miller McCune

Curiouser and Curiouser: Fishing Overs & Unders
by Jai Ranganathan

Interview with Jennifer Balch [20], March 21, 2010, National Public Radio

Fire Can Be Good for Global Warming
by Christopher Joyce, on Weekend Edition, NPR

Related scientific paper:
Fire in the Earth System [21]
David M. J. S. Bowman, Jennifer K. Balch, Paulo Artaxo, William J. Bond, Jean M. Carlson, Mark A. Cochrane, Carla M. D’Antonio, Ruth S. DeFries, John C. Doyle, Sandy P. Harrison, Fay H. Johnston, Jon E. Keeley, Meg A. Krawchuk, Christian A. Kull, J. Brad Marston, Max A. Moritz, I. Colin Prentice,  Christopher I. Roos, Andrew C. Scott, Thomas W. Swetnam, Guido R. van der Werf, Stephen J. Pyne
Science 324(5926) 481 - 484 (2009)
 

Interview with Mary O'Connor, December 21, 2009 [22]

What Will Global Warming Do to Life in the Ocean?
Voyage of the Beagle  [23] podcasts with Jai Ranganathan

Interview with Kevin Lafferty, December 9, 2009 [24]

Are Parasites Changing Human Societies?
Voyage of the Beagle  [23] podcasts with Jai Ranganathan

Interview with Stefano Allesina [25], November 11, 2009

Using Google to Understand Complex Ecosystems
Voyage of the Beagle  [23] podcasts with Jai Ranganathan

Interview with Jonathan Davies [26], November 10, 2009

Can We Predict the Location of Future Epidemics in Humans and Wildlife?
Voyage of the Beagle [23] podcasts with Jai Ranganathan
 

Video: Johan Rockström Introduces Planetary Boundaries [27], September 2009
Stockholm Resilience Centre

Related scientific paper: [28]
A Safe Operating Space for Humanity [28]
Johan Rockström, Will Steffen, Kevin Noone, Åsa Persson, F. Stuart Chapin, III, Eric F. Lambin, Timothy M. Lenton, Marten Scheffer, Carl Folkel, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Björn Nykvist, Cynthia A. de Wit, Terry Hughes, Sander van der Leeuw, Henning Rodhe, Sverker Sörlin, Peter K. Snyder, Robert Costanza, Uno Svedin, Malin Falkenmark, Louise Karlberg, Robert W. Corell, Victoria J. Fabry, James Hansen, Brian Walker, Diana Liverman, Katherine Richardson, Paul Crutzen & Jonathan A. Foley
Nature 461, 472-475 ( 2009)
 

Interview with Boris Worm, Chris Costello and Trevor Branch [29], August 3, 2009
KCLU Radio

Related scientific paper: 
Rebuilding Global Fisheries [30]
Boris Worm, Ray Hilborn, Julia K. Baum, Trevor A. Branch, Jeremy S. Collie, Christopher Costello, Michael J. Fogarty, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Jeffrey A. Hutchings, Simon Jennings, Olaf P. Jensen, Heike K. Lotze, Pamela M. Mace, Tim R. McClanahan, Cóilín Minto, Stephen R. Palumbi, Ana M. Parma, Daniel Ricard, Andrew A. Rosenberg,  Reg Watson,  Dirk Zeller
Science 325(5940) 578 - 585 (2009)

Rebuilding Fisheries Website [31]

 

Interview with Ben Halpern and Kim Selkoe [32], May 19, 2009, KCLU Radio

Related scientific paper:
Mapping Cumulative Human Impacts to California Current Marine Ecosystems [33]
Benjamin S. Halpern , Carrie V. Kappel , Kimberly A. Selkoe,  Fiorenza Micheli , Colin M. Ebert , Caitlin Kontgis , Caitlin M. Crain, Rebecca G. Martone , Christine Shearer, Sarah J. Teck
Conservation Letters 2(3) 138-148 (2009)
 

Interview with David Bowman and Jennifer Balch [34], April 7, 2009, KCLU Radio
 

Audio Press Conference with David Bowman, Jennifer Balch, and Thomas W. Swetnam [35], April 2009, National Science Foundation

Related scientific paper:
Fire in the Earth System [21]
David M. J. S. Bowman, Jennifer K. Balch, Paulo Artaxo, William J. Bond, Jean M. Carlson, Mark A. Cochrane, Carla M. D’Antonio, Ruth S. DeFries, John C. Doyle, Sandy P. Harrison, Fay H. Johnston, Jon E. Keeley, Meg A. Krawchuk, Christian A. Kull, J. Brad Marston, Max A. Moritz, I. Colin Prentice,  Christopher I. Roos, Andrew C. Scott, Thomas W. Swetnam, Guido R. van der Werf, Stephen J. Pyne
Science 324(5926) 481 - 484 (2009)
 

Inside NCEAS [36] , January 29, 2009, KCLU Public Radio

KCLU's Award Winning News Director, Lance Orozco, interviews NCEAS Postdoctoral Associates
 

Interview (text) with Jim Elser [37], December 2008, ScienceWatch.com

Related scientific paper:
Global Analysis of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Limitation of Primary Producers in Freshwater, Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems [38]
James J. Elser, Matthew E.S. Bracken, Elsa E. Cleland, Daniel S. Gruner, W. Stanley Harpole, Helmut Hillebrand, Jacqueline T. Ngai, Eric W. Seabloom, Jonathan B. Shurin, Jennifer E. Smith
Ecology Letters 10(12) 1135-1142 (2007)

 

VIDEO Interview with John Alroy [39], August 2008, National Science Foundation

Related scientific paper:
Phanerozoic Trends in the Global Diversity of Marine Invertebrates [40]
John Alroy, Martin Aberhan, David J. Bottjer,Michael Foote, Franz T. Fürsich, Peter J. Harries, Austin J. W. Hendy, Steven M. Holland, Linda C. Ivany, Wolfgang Kiessling, Matthew A. Kosnik, Charles R. Marshall, Alistair J. McGowan, Arnold I. Miller, Thomas D. Olszewski, Mark E. Patzkowsky, Shanan E. Peters, Loïc Villier, Peter J. Wagner, Nicole Bonuso, Philip S. Borkow, Benjamin Brenneis, Matthew E. Clapham, Leigh M. Fall, Chad A. Ferguson, Victoria L. Hanson, Andrew Z. Krug, Karen M. Layou, Erin H. Leckey, Sabine Nürnberg, Catherine M. Powers, Jocelyn A. Sessa, Carl Simpson, Adam Tomasovich, Christy C. Visaggi
Science 321(5885)  97 - 100

 

 

Interview with Ben Halpern on Mapping Human Impacts on the Oceans [41],
February 14, 2008, National Public Radio’s All Things Considered

Related scientific paper:
A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems [42]
Benjamin S. Halpern, Shaun Walbridge, Kimberly A. Selkoe, Carrie V. Kappel, Fiorenza Micheli, Caterina D'Agrosa, John F. Bruno, Kenneth S. Casey, Colin Ebert, Helen E. Fox, Rod Fujita, Dennis Heinemann, Hunter S. Lenihan, Elizabeth M. P. Madin, Matthew T. Perry, Elizabeth R. Selig, Mark Spalding, Robert Steneck and Reg Watson
Science 319(5865)  948-952


Interview with David Tilman on Biofuels [43], February 8, 2008
National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation 
 

Interview with Chris Wilcox [44],  July 31, 2007
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

Related scientific paper:
Compensatory Mitigation as a Solution to Fisheries Bycatch - Biodiversity Conservation Conflicts [45]   
Chris Wilcox and C. Josh Donlan
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5, 6 (2007)

 

Interview (text) with Jane Elith and Catherine Graham [46], May 2007
Essential Science Indicators

Related scientific paper:
Novel Methods Improve Prediction of Species' Distributions From Occurrence Data [47]
Jane Elith, Catherine H. Graham, Robert P. Anderson, Miroslav Dudík, Simon Ferrier, Antoine Guisan, Robert J. Hijmans, Falk Huettmann, John R. Leathwick, Anthony Lehmann, Jin Li, Lucia G. Lohmann, Bette A. Loiselle, Glenn M
Ecography 29(2) (2006)
 

Video Interview (video) with Boris Worm [48], November 2006
Future of Marine Animal Populations

Related scientific paper:
Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services [49]
Boris Worm, Edward B. Barbier, Nicola Beaumont, J. Emmett Duffy, Carl Folke, Benjamin S. Halpern, Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Heike K. Lotze, Fiorenza Micheli, Stephen R. Palumbi, Enric Sala, Kimberley A. Selkoe, John J. Stachowicz, Reg  Watson
Science 314, 5800 (2006)
 

Short Interview with Josh Madin [50], November 23, 2006, as part of Nature Podcast

Related scientific paper:
Ecological Consequences of Major Hydrodynamic Disturbances on Coral Reefs [51]
Joshua S. Madin and Sean R. Connolly
Nature 444, 7118 (2006)

 

Source URL: http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/interviews

Links:
[1] http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/interviews
[2] http://www.kclu.org/2013/03/14/16143/
[3] http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v494/n7436/full/494169a.html
[4] http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/02/13/171920261/scientists-pass-the-hat-for-research-funding
[5] http://www.kclu.org/2012/01/09/santa-barbara-county-based-research-team-issues-warning-about-invasive-plants/
[6] http://www.esajournals.org/action/cookieAbsent
[7] http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/pa/display.aspx?pkey=2602
[8] http://www.bioone.org/action/cookieAbsent
[9] http://www.psmag.com/curiouser/from-siberia-to-the-tropics-with-a-thermometer-32346/
[10] http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0014688
[11] http://www.psmag.com/curiouser/the-next-epidemic-how-society-aids-disease-31951/
[12] http://www.psmag.com/curiouser/why-are-there-so-many-species-in-tropical-rainforests-26047/
[13] http://www.simonqueenborough.com/uploads/1/0/0/8/1008315/queenborough_2009_procroysocb_taxonomic.scale.pdf
[14] http://www.psmag.com/curiouser/out-of-control-wildfires-a-california-size-disaster-25799/
[15] http://nature.berkeley.edu/moritzlab/docs/Moritz_etal_2010_GRL.pdf
[16] http://www.psmag.com/curiouser/why-are-chili-peppers-so-spicy-25455/
[17] http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2008/08/08/0802691105.abstract
[18] http://www.psmag.com/curiouser/are-conservation-biologists-wasting-their-time-25253/
[19] http://www.psmag.com/curiouser/curiouser-and-curiouser-fishing-overs-and-unders-24348/
[20] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124980708
[21] http://www.sciencemag.org/content/324/5926/481.abstract
[22] http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/jai/audio/voyage_of_the_beagle_podcast_oconnor.mp3
[23] http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/jai/
[24] http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/jai/audio/voyage_of_the_beagle_podcast_lafferty.mp3
[25] http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/jai/audio/voyage_of_the_beagle_podcast_allesina.mp3
[26] http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/jai/audio/voyage_of_the_beagle_podcast_davies.mp3
[27] http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/stockholmresilience/40125/
[28] http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v461/n7263/full/461472a.html
[29] http://www.kclu.org/news/local/story.php?story_id=496
[30] http://www.sciencemag.org/content/325/5940/578.full
[31] http://www.fmap.ca/ramweb/media/rebuilding_fisheries/home.php
[32] http://www.kclu.org/news/local/story.php?story_id=443
[33] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2009.00058.x/full
[34] http://www.kclu.org/news/local/story.php?story_id=430
[35] http://nsfgov.http.internapcdn.net/nsfgov_vitalstream_com/podcast/fire.mp3
[36] http://www.kclu.org/player/index.php?story_id=370
[37] http://archive.sciencewatch.com/dr/erf/2008/08decerf/08decerfElser/
[38] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.2007.10.issue-12/issuetoc
[39] http://nsf.gov/news/news_videos.jsp?cntn_id=111785&media_id=62556
[40] http://www.sciencemag.org/content/319/5865/948.abstract
[41] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19059595
[42] http://www.sciencemag.org/content/321/5885/97.abstract
[43] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18800996
[44] http://www.csiro.au/ErrorPages/404.aspx?item=%2fmultimedia%2fseabirdspodcast&user=extranet%5cAnonymous&site=CSIROau
[45] http://Chris Wilcox and C. Josh Donlan
[46] http://esi-topics.com/nhp/2007/may-07-Elith_Graham.html
[47] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2006.0906-7590.04596.x/abstract
[48] http://www.fmap.ca/ramweb/media/biodiversity_loss/home.php?sub=19
[49] http://www.sciencemag.org/content/314/5800/787.abstract
[50] http://www.nature.com/nature/podcast/index.html
[51] http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v444/n7118/abs/nature05328.html