‘Addressing issues of food security’: Loyola scientist to speak at Ohio State

Chris Peterson of the Institute of Environmental Sustainability at Loyola University Chicago presents “Addressing Issues of Food Security through Integration of Curricula, Outreach and Service” from 4-5 p.m., Thursday, April 2. Free. Part of the spring seminar series of CFAES’s School of Environment and Natural Resources. Details.

Goal: ‘To get people to care while there’s still time’

Joel Sartore Scarlet IbisesBig thanks to National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore for his talk last night at Ohio State and to CFAES’s David Hanselmann and his colleagues in the School of Environment and Natural Resources and Environmental Professionals Network for serving as hosts. Some 800 people packed the Ohio Union’s Archie M. Griffin Grand Ballroom. If your interests include wildlife of all kinds and sizes (from veiled chameleons to Francois langurs to Sumatran tigers), photography, and saving Earth’s sadly, ridiculously threatened biodiversity, check out Sartore’s stunning Photo Ark project. (Photo: Scarlet ibises, joelsartore.com.)

‘We need new, dynamic, cost-effective technologies for aquaculture’

Mohammad AlamNine-plus billion. That is what the global population is expected to reach by the year 2050, precipitating an unprecedented demand for food and other resources. The statistic and its implications have dominated discussions at recent international meetings and symposia, with a particular emphasis on the need to sustainably intensify agricultural production. Often overlooked, however, is how the world’s developing regions are beginning to look beyond their staple food sources (rice, corn, etc.) and more toward fish and other seafood to feed their growing populations. This trend has been the motivation behind research conducted by CFAES’s Mohammad Alam, a PhD student in fisheries and wildlife …