Talk on Fisheries and Global Warming at SFI Monday
Daniel Pauly
SFI News:
Fisheries and Global Warming are the subjects of a seminar by Daniel Pauly of the University of British Columbia at the Santa Fe Institute.
The seminar will take place at 12:15 p.m. Monday, June 24 at SFI, 1399 Hyde Park in Santa Fe.
The multiple factors contributing to the crisis which besets global marine fisheries since the mid-1990s will be presented, along with key trends illustrating manifestations of that crisis.
Fisheries scientists, economists and serious policy-makers collectively know what is required to turn these trends around and to rebuild fish stocks Read More
Regional Coalition Heading to Nation’s Capital to Push for Additional LANL Cleanup Funding
RCLC News:
SANTA FE – The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities is leading a 13-member delegation to Washington, D.C. to push for more cleanup funding for Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The group will meet with members of the New Mexico Congressional Delegation, as well as top officials at the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration to press for the Coalition’s top priority — increased federal funding to continue environmental remediation across northern New Mexico.
“This type of work is incredibly important for the Regional Read More
LANL: Less is More – Novel Cellulose Structure Requires Fewer Enzymes to Process Biomass to Fuel
An enzyme (shown in blue) pulls out individual cellulose chains (pink) from the pretreated nanofiber surface (green) and then breaks them apart into simple sugars. Photo by Shishir Chundawat/GLBRC Van Damages Overhang Above LANL’s Community Programs Office
A LANS, LLC van scraped the overhang above the entrance to Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Community Programs Office at 15th Street and Central Avenue this morning. Police were called to the scene to sort out the situation. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
Two areas on the overhang above the entrance to LANL’s Community Programs Office were damaged this morning at 15th Street and Central Avenue. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com Read More
LANL’s Physical Security Chief Retires
By CAROL A. CLARKPhysical Security Division Leader John (Jack) E. Killeen of Los Alamos National Laboratory retires Friday, June 21.
His career in security police forces has taken him on assignments across the globe. Killeen has planned his retirement to be just as hard driving. He’ll take a brief break before embarking on a two month mountain bike ride through the Rocky Mountains from Banff, Canada to the Mexican border.
In October, Killeen will launch a consulting firm, JEK Enterprises, LLC, through which he will apply his skills in consultation and program development
Artists and Scientists Share Insights Into Creative Process
From left, Luis Bettencourt, Kade Twist and Valerie Plame Wilson. Courtesy photoSFI News:
In the second annual discussion between the Santa Fe Institute and the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, SFI Professor Luís M.A. Bettencourt and Cherokee artist Kade L. Twist will explore the creative process in art and science and wonder whether Native artists and complexity scientists are so far apart.
The discussion is moderated by SFI’s Valerie Plame Wilson.
Chaos to Complexity: Artists and Scientists Share Insights Into the Creative Process is 2-4 p.m. Saturday, June 22 at the Museum of Contemporary Read More
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