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Following Southern Fried Scientist’s sustainable pets movement, two Nigerian Dwarf goats have recently joined my life. While they have garnered traffic-stopping attention in town upon their arrival, goats are not such a foreign idea to the old-timers in the neighborhood. Goats used to be fairly common in the urban homestead back when the line between city and rural was a little less clear.
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The summer is in full swing and things are pretty quiet around the blog. But don’t worry, we’re working on some big things behind the scenes. In lieu of actual content, please accept this list of interesting, inspiring, and depressing reading material. On the overwhelmingly gloomy front, the IUCN recently released a working group report … Read More “Southern Fried Summer Reading List” »
Some more detailed information on hydrothermal vent formation and dynamics.
As those of you who follow me on Twitter know, I have been accepted into a Ph.D. program at the University of Miami and will be starting there in the fall. In the immortal words of the great philosopher LeBron James, I’ll be taking my talents to South Beach.
The specific program I’ve joined is the new Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy. I will be working in the lab of Dr. Neil Hammerschlag, Director of the RJ Dunlap Marine Conservation Program.
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