Comments on: Future directions in environmental science http://scienceblog.darrouzet-nardi.net/?p=391 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:10:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.1 By: Anthony http://scienceblog.darrouzet-nardi.net/?p=391&cpage=1#comment-13500 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:10:04 +0000 http://anthony.darrouzet-nardi.net/scienceblog/?p=391#comment-13500 Aaron, I saw your blog post about ESA topics and I thought it was really interesting. When I read it, I was remembering that at the first ESA I went to (Madison in 2001), invasive species were all the rage. I think that at that conference a similarly dominant percentage of the talks were about invasives. Invasive ecology is still around of course, but I would say that climate change is the hotter topic today. Having seen that transformation, it does make me curious about what is next. Could it be something along the lines of this article? Hard to say I suppose, but like you said, it’s a good idea for all of us to keep our eyes out for these trends.

]]> By: Aaron Berdanier http://scienceblog.darrouzet-nardi.net/?p=391&cpage=1#comment-13498 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:57:06 +0000 http://anthony.darrouzet-nardi.net/scienceblog/?p=391#comment-13498 This is something that I think about quite a bit as I am planning my research goals and thinking about how I “frame” ideas for myself and for others. About 1/5 of ESA is about climate change this year. I wonder whether it will stay that way throughout our careers?

It is also interesting that many of these future thinking ideas come from economists and financial-types. Maybe the NYT just likes to interview economists? Or maybe they really are just thinking about it more. Thanks for the link!

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