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The Saipan Tribune (Wed 27 Oct, 2010)
Workshop aims to make science digestible for the public
Staff quoted: Tim Carruthers, Jane Hawkey
Improving the communication of science for the public will be the subject of an upcoming workshop hosted by the National Park Service at American Memorial Park.
Mongabay.com (Tue 30 Jun, 2009)
Coastal seagrass disappearing as quickly as coral reefs and rainforests
Staff quoted: Bill Dennison, Tim Carruthers
Findings from the first comprehensive global survey of coastal seagrass ecosystems are nothing to cheer about. Fifty-eight percent of seagrass meadows are declining, according to an international team of scientists who compiled data from 215 studies and 1,800 observations of seagrass habitat beginning in 1879. Since that year, 29 percent of seagrass ecosystems have vanished entirely.
Bay Journal (Mon 1 Jan, 2007)
Environmentally important underwater grass beds facing global crisis
Staff quoted: Bill Dennison, Tim Carruthers
Often out of sight and out of mind for both the public and resource managers, underwater grass beds face a "global crisis" as their coastal habitats are dramatically altered by human activities, a new study says.
The Gulfport (MS) Sun Herald (Wed 6 Dec, 2006)
Seagrass mirrors all the ills of oceans: Marine scientists fear global crisis lies ahead
Staff quoted: Bill Dennison, Tim Carruthers
To many coastal residents, a flowering plant growing in long, open meadows underwater is nothing more than that gross, slimy thing their feet trample when wading or fishing.
United Press International (Fri 1 Dec, 2006)
Sea grasses conservation efforts urged
Staff quoted: Bill Dennison, Tim Carruthers
CAMBRIDGE, Md., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Saying sea grasses are harbingers of a coastal ecosystem, University of Maryland scientists are urging a worldwide conservation effort to preserve them.
Environment News Service (Fri 1 Dec, 2006)
Seagrass Ecosystems in Crisis
Staff quoted: Bill Dennison, Tim Carruthers
WASHINGTON, DC, December 1, 2006 (ENS) - Environmental scientists are calling for a global conservation effort to preserve seagrasses and their ecological services for the world's coastal ecosystems. Their concerns are set forth in an article published in the December issue of "Bioscience," the journal of the American Institute of Biological Sciences.
The article, "A Global Crisis for Seagrass Ecosystems," explains the critical role seagrasses play in coastal systems.