Permafrost thaw, like glacier retreat: cryosphere changes with enormous impacts. See bit.ly/44UFt64 for details. International Cryosphere Climate Initiative The Third Pole Miriam Jackson Gisli Palsson irene quaile
Save the Date. June 8th. World Ocean Day. Fogo Island, Newfoundland (formerly one of the greatest great-auk colonies in the world). Gisli Palsson and Bill Montevecchi will discuss the message of the extinct great auk.
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#blogpost New Science and Sci-fi reads for February. This month featuring books by Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK, Dr. Chris Balakrishnan, Gisli Palsson , Cass Sunstein, Wole Talabi, Charan Ranganath, and Jason Pinter among others. davidmkelly.com/new-reads-feb-…
Another great review of Gisli Palsson new book, this time in the Times Literary Supplement❤️
the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-l…
NATURE MAGAZINE: BEST SCIENCE BOOKS OF 2024
nature (March 20, 2024): The best science books of 2024 include:
Vision Impairment by Michael Crossland
Literary Theory for Robots by Dennis Yi Tenen
The Last of Its Kind by Gisli Palsson
All Mapped Out by Mike Duggan
The Neuroscience
The new book The Last of Its Kind, by Gisli Palsson, 'reminds readers that the passing of the great auk represents a historic milestone in the discovery and problematization of human-caused wildlife loss.'
Read the #ScienceBooks Review: scim.ag/61D
My dad anthropologist Gisli Palsson has a new book out with Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s on extinction and the last great auk. A highly recommended mix of history, anthropology, and iconic extinct birds 💯
'In 1858, two ornithologists set out to find the great auk. Gisli Palsson’s intriguing account of their failed quest argues it may have shaped modern ideas about extinction and conservation’.
Read the review of The Last of Its Kind in New Scientist: hubs.ly/Q02kSqvF0
Sad to report that Venezuela lost La Corona, its last glacier bit.ly/4dsvhFH. A recent expedition found only an ice field. Gisli Palsson @cymenehowe INAIGEM Instituto de Montaña Mount Rainier
An interview about my book with Mark Lynch at WICN Public radio in Worcester, Massachusetts.
wicn.org/podcast/gisli-…
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Fraser Carpenter
Ensk útgáfa bókar Gisli Palsson, prófessors emeritus í mannfræði, um aldauða geirfuglsins fær lofsamlega dóma í nýjasta hefti hins virta vísindatímarits Science. Bókin kom út í Bandaríkjunum fyrir skemmstu og mun koma út víðar um heim.
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Described by @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social in her The TLS review as ‘a slow-moving thriller, a murder-mystery where we know from the outset who did it’ Gisli Palsson’s The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk... is surely not a book to miss! hubs.ly/Q02mRDtB0
