Can Mother Nature take a punch and stay standing? If the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is any indication, then the answer seems to be yes. The explosion on April 20, 2010 at the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in…
The Role of Partnerships between Scientists and Journalists in the BP Oil Spill In mid-May, NPR first reported that the government was grossly underestimating the size of the BP oilspill in the Gulf of Mexico. NPR Science Correspondent Richard Harris…
Recently scholars have emphasized the importance of analyzing and recognizing resilience in complex social-ecological systems. Indeed, widespread adverse change in the form of unpredictable ecological conditions, uneven market-integration, restrictive environmental regulations increasingly negatively impacts local communities. As local communities grapple…