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“Our ocean is in decline. Habitat destruction, biodiversity loss, overfishing, pollution, climate change, and ocean acidification are pushing the ocean system to the point of collapse. Governance is woefully inadequate, and on the high seas, anarchy rules the waves. Technological advance, combined with a lack of regulation, is widening the gap between rich and poor as those countries that can, exploit dwindling resources while...

The East Lakes Team won first place in the 2014 World Geography Bowl, an annual quiz competition for teams of college-level geography students representing the Association of American Geographer’s regional divisions. The event was a milestone for AAG as this was the 25th year that it had hosted the competition during its Annual Meeting. On April 11, seven teams, each representing an AAG regional division, competed at the Tampa...

The following is a June 18, 2014, ScienceDaily news release regarding a University of Basel article with the title above (Martin Nyffeler, Bradley J. Pusey. Fish Predation by Semi-Aquatic Spiders: A Global Pattern. PLoS ONE, 2014; 9 (6)): Spiders are traditionally viewed as predators of insects. Zoologists from Switzerland and Australia have now published a study that shows: spiders all over the world also prey on fish. The academic...