Les Kaufman, a Professor in the Department of Biology and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, co-authored a major new paper exploring the costs and benefits of primary pandemic prevention actions. The authors of the paper, which was published in the journal Science Advances, included environmental and […]
Les Kaufman, a Professor in the Department of Biology and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, led a team of four co-authors on the concluding chapter of a new book on coral reef restoration. The book, titled Active Coral Restoration: Techniques for a Changing Planet, was edited […]
Les Kaufman, a Professor in the Department of Biology and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently appeared on the Film the Change podcast where he discussed the future of coral reefs with host Laura Mahler. In the interview, Prof. Kaufman explored the natural history of coral […]
Les Kaufman, a Professor in the Department of Biology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently attended the annual meeting of the Pew Marine Fellows in Hilo, Hawaii. At the meeting, Prof. Kaufman presented on the progress made by the Coral Restoration Consortium, a NOAA-led […]
Les Kaufman, a Professor in the Department of Biology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently co-authored three related papers exploring fish food webs in systems undergoing rapid change: coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific, small lakes and reservoirs in Brazil, and large lakes […]
Les Kaufman, a professor in the Department of Biology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored a book chapter published in the new second edition of Biodiversity and Climate Change: Transforming the Biosphere (Yale University Press 2019), edited by Thomas E. Lovejoy and Lee […]
Les Kaufman, a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and a Professor in the Department of Biology, co-authored a recent paper on the growing risk of conflict within fisheries systems, specifically in the Lake Victoria basin. The paper, titled “Armed conflict and fisheries in the Lake Victoria basin,” […]
Les Kaufman, a Professor in the Department of Biology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently played a leading role in the planning of the Reef Futures 2018 symposium in Key Largo, Florida. The symposium was the first global conference addressing coral reef restoration and […]
Prof. Les Kaufman, a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, and his graduate student Katey Lesneski recently began a long-term field project monitoring the health, regeneration, and restoration of coral reef habitats in South Florida’s Biscayne Bay. Boston University is leading a team providing science […]
Les Kaufman, a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and a Professor in the Department of Biology, co-authored a recent paper on the value of marine environmental stewardship in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. The paper, titled “Stranded capital: environmental stewardship is part of […]