By IRWAN FIRDAUS, Associated Press Writer (www.yahoo.com)
PADANG, Indonesia – A second powerful earthquake rocked western Indonesia on Thursday as rescuers struggled to reach survivors of the previous day’s temblor, which killed at least 467 people and left thousands trapped under collapsed buildings.
The death toll from Wednesday’s undersea quake of 7.6 magnitude was expected to [...]
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Return to All-PostsNEWS: Earthquake in Sumatra Island, Indonesia
Go to the original post at andes's blogThursday, October 1st, 2009
Essay: REDD in the red
Go to the original post at Dodo's blogSunday, August 2nd, 2009
REDD is short for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Developing Countries. After developed countries highly developed their economy, global warming, forest conservation and biodiversity become the main topics they concerned about, and, a blame to poor countries in politics, which reminds me of that famous book our common future, which is full of [...]
Optional Lecture: “R” (Statistics for Adults)
Go to the original post at Laoban's blogFriday, July 24th, 2009
When: Sunday, July 26, 10:00 am
Where: (TBA)
What: An introduction to R – a powerful open-source statistics package.
Who: Matt Helmus PhD
I will give an OPTIONAL R tutorial that should last 30min to 1 hour. You should bring your laptop computer or work with someone who has one.
I will show how to import/export data, plot and calculate [...]
Seed dispersal stuff
Go to the original post at chenjin's blogWednesday, July 15th, 2009
First of all, wish you all enjoy my introductive talk yesterday.
Today’s ecologists who study on seed dispersal may deal with rather similar questions and often get rather similar answers as it occurred 30-40 years ago!
This is not a case for many other fields, for example molecular biology. What is that mean?
Download Readings and Updated Schedule
Go to the original post at Laoban's blogMonday, July 13th, 2009
You can download the required readings and latest schedule here: http://afec-x.ecologicalevolution.org/live/readings
Also, the Powerpoint lectures that professors have chosen to share can be found here: http://afec-x.ecologicalevolution.org/live/lectures/ in PDF format.
So it really begins!
Go to the original post at Admin's blogSunday, July 12th, 2009
Actually, today is the 4th day of our course, I did’t bring my laptop to Kunming, so I just start from today, July 12th.
This afternoon, both my two supervisor gave lectures, I’m proud of that~
So here are some introduction and little anecdote of them, my respected two professors.
Zhu hua, a traditional botanist, knows almost all [...]
Hey, Everyone…
Go to the original post at yizhuangfang's blogSunday, July 12th, 2009
Hope you guys have a good time in XTBG, and I’ve love to be your guide today… although I’ve not been doing my best job… but I already learnt a lot from you!
Zhuangfang has already left the normal students’ routine for a long time, so that makes her really missing the campus, and the excellent [...]
AFEC-X officially commenced in Kunming
Go to the original post at Huabin's blogThursday, July 9th, 2009
AFEC-X International Field Course officially commenced on 9th July 2009 in Kunming with 28 participants from the region. The course will last for 4 weeks.