Not exact matches
Moving species
around the world may increase local
diversity, but it doesn't increase the overall number of species on the planet; that number only
goes down.
As the Academies notes in their recent decadal survey,» [t] he search for exoplanets is one of the most exciting subjects in all of astronomy...» The report
went on to recommend «a program to explore the
diversity and properties of planetary systems
around other stars, and to prepare for the long - term goal of discovering and investigating nearby, habitable planets.»
Teaching Students to «
Go Fourth» Peacefully
Go Fourth, an anti-bullying program based on classroom discussions and exchanges among children
around the globe, recently brought teachers, parents, and fourth grade students from East Greenwich, Rhode Island, school to Shaoguan, Guandong province, China, on a mission to promote respect for cultural
diversity.
Over the next 23 years, Darwin ruminated about the aggressive livestock breeding he saw
going on
around him, and what isolation (enclosure) and selection (the frequent use of popular sires) might mean if some natural version of this phenomenon were driving the
diversity of wildlife he had seen on his travels.
There are places visitors can
go to watch manatees roll
around in the water, kayak tours to view nighttime bioluminescence activity, and sanctuaries where «birders» can climb towers and marvel at the great
diversity of species.
After the «recklessness» of the decision by the UN Convention on Biological
Diversity to move against ocean fertilisation experiments, one argued, we shouldn't «encourage international bodies to
go around declaring moratoria».
(At that time, the famous nod to
diversity was Justice Minister John Turner's nomination of Antonio Lamer to the Supreme Court, after which Mr. Turner
went around telling people he had just appointed «Tony Lamer from the Italian community.»)