A Sampling of Clips for February 19^th, 2009

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Photos Trace Florida Reef Fish Decline
UPI, Feb. 19 -- A U.S. researcher has used historic photographs as evidence of fishing's impact on marine ecosystems and the decline of "trophy fish." Graduate student researcher Loren McClenachan of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD accessed archival photographs spanning more than five decades to describe an 88 percent decline in the estimated weight of large predatory fish imaged in black-and-white 1950s sport fishing photos compared with the relatively diminutive catches photographed in modern pictures. More

EPA Anticipates
Carbon Limits, Ensuing Battle
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 19 – The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to act for the first time to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that scientists blame for the warming of the planet, according to top Obama administration officials. (Quotes Richard Somerville, professor emeritus at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

Anthropologists Toughen Ethics Code
Inside Higher Ed, Feb. 19 -- By an overwhelming margin of 87 to 13 percent, members of the American Anthropological Association have approved changes in its code of ethics that are designed to strengthen its protections of people who are studied, and to promote the values of free dissemination of scholarship. (Quotes Dena Plemmons, an anthropologist at UCSD and chair of the association’s ethics committee) More

'Myth Project' Dance Project
Focuses on Fairy Tales
North County Times, Feb. 19 -- Fairy tales from the 15th to the 18th centuries provided the inspiration for North County choreographer and UCSD dance professor Patricia Rincon's latest dance work, "My Project IV: Fairytales From the Fringe," which premieres this weekend in San Diego, then moves to Encinitas in early March. More

Finding New Species in Middle Waters
Voice of San Diego, Feb. 18 -- A crew of scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Mexico believes it discovered new species of marine animals on a recent expedition to the Gulf of California, and also documented the effects of human activity on the ocean's ecosystems. More

San Diego Specialist in
Biomagnetic Technologies Shuts Down
Xconomy, Feb. 19 -- San Diego-based 4-D Neuroimaging, a small company that specializes in magnetoencephelography, or MEG, to detect bio-electric fields in the brain and other organs, has abruptly ceased operations. (Mentions UCSD) More

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