Ross Crockford

Apr 18, 2024 | thereader.mitpress.mit.edu | Harvey Klehr |John Haynes |Dirk van Laak |Ross Crockford

BeeLine Reader uses subtle color gradients to help you read more efficiently. Years before anything was publicly disclosed about the nuclear espionage of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Klaus Fuchs, and Theodore Hall, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and U.S. Army Intelligence identified Clarence Hiskey, a Manhattan Project scientist, as a Soviet spy helping to provide highly sensitive nuclear weapons information.

Jan 23, 2024 | bigthink.com | Ross Crockford

Hana K.’s third LSD experience was terrifying. Initially, the images that flashed before her eyes were beautiful: fountains of colors, fields of tulips, peacock feathers. Then they turned dark: monsters, claws, demonic eyes, vampires. She saw kings and beggars dead, buried, eaten by worms, providing food for animals and eventually for other people.

Dec 9, 2023 | focusonvictoria.ca | Rochelle Baker |Russ Francis |Ross Crockford |Patrick Condon

The humpbacks’ rebound is a good news story from a number of angles. Iron-rich whale poo fertilizes the ocean, supercharging the food web and the absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. WHALE RESEARCHER Jackie Hildering and her colleagues never imagined their work on humpbacks would capture the attention of the globe’s premier documentary series.   Or that whale poo would be of such interest to Planet Earth — BBC’s famous nature show.

Sep 26, 2023 | focusonvictoria.ca | Judith Lavoie |Russ Francis |Ross Crockford |Patrick Condon

The proposed plan is vague, rushed and alarming say those concerned about grizzly bear conservation. TEARS STREAMED DOWN Trish Boyum’s face as she watched a relaxed mother grizzly bear flop on to her back and nurse her cubs, unconcerned about the proximity of Boyum and a Zodiac full of bear watchers.

Jul 26, 2023 | focusonvictoria.ca | Judith Lavoie |Russ Francis |Ross Crockford |Patrick Condon

After two decades leading the University of Victoria’s Environmental Law Centre, and cheerfully fighting on behalf of the Earth and the communities that depend on its health, Calvin Sandborn is retiring (sort of). CHOOSE OPTIMISM, CHOOSE LOVE, live a life of purpose. That’s Calvin Sandborn’s strategy for coping in a world faced with increasingly dire environmental crises including climate chaos, forest fires and the biodiversity crisis.