Are Humans Apex Predators?
In 2013, Sylvain Bonhommeau and colleagues published a study (Eating up the world’s food web and the human trophic level) … Continue reading →
Roopnarine's Food Weblog
Ramblings and musings in evolutionary paleoecology
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What Do Two Geologists Know About COVID-19?
My colleague and co-author Dave Goodwin and myself were very pleased to be asked to present the Annual Past-President’s Dinner … Continue reading →
NAPC 2024 Food Web Workshop
The 12th North American Paleontological Convention was held recently (June 17-21) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. NAPC … Continue reading →
Time is one of humanity’s greatest blind spots
Humanity’s shortsightedness around time creates major constraints on modern conservation. Many years ago, in the late 1990’s, I had the … Continue reading →
Why does ecosystem collapse matter?
I just received an interesting query from a journalist who is working on the apparently imminent collapse of the Sonoran … Continue reading →
COVID-19, Economics, Tipping Points – Composition and Complexity
Previous posts in this series:1. COVID-19, Economics, Tipping Points – Part I2. COVID-19, Economics, Tipping Points – Socioeconomic Networks3. COVID-19, … Continue reading →
COVID-19, Economics, Tipping Points – Economic Structure and Disease
Previous posts in this series:1. COVID-19, Economics, Tipping Points – Part I2. COVID-19, Economics, Tipping Points – Socioeconomic Networks3. COVID-19, … Continue reading →
COVID-19, Economics, Tipping Points – Simulating an Outbreak
Previous posts in this series:1. COVID-19, Economics, Tipping Points – Part I2. COVID-19, Economics, Tipping Points – Socioeconomic Networks3. COVID-19, … Continue reading →
COVID-19, Economics, Tipping Points – All Models are Lies
Previous posts in this series:1. COVID-19, Economics, Tipping Points – Part I2. COVID-19, Economics, Tipping Points – Socioeconomic Networks Roopnarine, … Continue reading →
COVID-19, Economics, Tipping Points – Socioeconomic networks
Previous posts in this series:1. COVID-19, Economics, Tipping Points – Part I Roopnarine, P. D., M. Abarca, D. Goodwin and … Continue reading →