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Mapping the moral high ground amid rising seas and sarcasm

September 23, 2011 / mike shanahan / 2 Comments

A case of climate change communication and miscommunication, where science, satire, politics and the media collided with a crash.
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Five vacant niches in the biodiversity blogosphere

September 10, 2010March 31, 2011 / mike shanahan / 11 Comments

As the variety of life diminishes fast all around us the time is right for more bloggers to focus on biodiversity and create a bigger conversation about what its decline means. There are plenty of vacant spaces in the blogosphere left for them to fill.

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The best blogs on biodiversity?

September 10, 2010February 10, 2012 / mike shanahan / 54 Comments

Looking for some good blogs about biodiversity? Here are some of my old favourites and some new discoveries. There’s something for everyone here, but I’d like to know your top tips too.

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