How to grow a forest
It takes more than just planting trees to grow a forest! Check out my Q&A with the author of Treewilding, for Yale. https://e360.yale.edu/features/jake-robinson-interview Image credit: ChatGPT 4
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The plankton problem
Plankton -- tiny creatures in the sea -- produce half the world's oxygen and bury half our carbon. Friend or foe, they can feed our fish or produce dangerous toxins. Which ones live where and when makes a huge difference to these balances -- and climate change is spurring a sea change to it all. Read my story for Yale: https://e360.yale.edu/features/plankton-climate-change
Book award
So pleased to share this news! Dear Nicola: As Chair of the 2024 ASJA Awards Committee, it’s my pleasure to inform you that your entry, Saving the Spotted Owl: Zalea’s Story , is the winner in the Children/Young Adult Nonfiction category. Here’s what the judges had to say about your work: Saving the Spotted Owl: Zalea’s Story is densely packed with kid-friendly information that makes scientific data about endangered animals relatable and useful in a classroom. We also appreciate the editing choice to include an Index and Glossary. Congratulations on your accomplishment and thank you for supporting the 2024 ASJA Awards Competition! Warmly, Dara Chadwick Chair 2024 ASJA Awards Committee
AI gets ever better
I have been playing with ChatGPT (it's GPT-4o and 01 models), asking about puzzles that either we invented or amended as a family (so they don't exist online as-is). There are impressive and interesting results... Can you solve it? And here's an interesting experiment: