Ecological and Environmental Anthropology

Environmental Security: Sensing the World in 4-D

31 Jan 2012

We live on a planet with at least four dimensions. The fourth, that of time, is an important, yet often overlooked metabolic component of our day-to-day resource management approaches and Standard Operating Protocols. Two relatively new companies, TrifectaGIS and Groundswell Technologies Inc. have joined forces to apply a patented constellation of remarkable ecological and human infrastructure ...

Happy Birthday Tetrapod Zoology: SIX YEARS of blogging

21 Jan 2012

Montage of assorted things from the previous year of blogging. Passerine phylogeny, flightless ibises, ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs, books. Click to enlarge. It s that time again. Today is January 21 st , meaning that it s this blog s birthday. Lo, for the internet blogging sensation known as Tetrapod Zoology came into being on this very day, six years ago. Yes, SIX YEARS ago. As is normal on ...

Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan is inaugural Singh Professor

17 Jan 2012

Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan, recently designated as the inaugural Dinakar Singh Professor of India and South Asia Studies, is noted for his interdisciplinary research focusing on the colonial and contemporary history and anthropology of forests and wildlife conservation in South Asia, particularly India.