Ecologist works to sustain South

Ecologist works to sustain South Carolina’s blue crabs

To protect the future of the blue crab population, scientists have developed a comprehensive computer model that analyzes how changes in crab behavior, water quality and fishing pressure affect the crustaceans.

Clemson University ecologist Michael Childress and colleagues from the S.C. Department of Natural Resources and the Sea Grant Consortium created the model, known as the South Carolina Blue Crab Regional Abundance Biotic Simulation (SCBCRABS).


Through the use of materials from well-managed forests and recycled sources, Wilsonart offers High Pressure Laminate (HPL) products manufactured in the USA that provide a responsible solution for green building projects. Now the company’s key products have been certified by Scientific Certification Systems (SCS), the global leader in third-party evaluation of environmental and sustainability claims. SCS has acknowledged the company’s efforts by certifying that Wilsonart Laminate is comprised of a minimum of 20% post-consumer waste paper for its wood fiber content.


Essential Action, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), and other environmental organizations—not only to more dumps but also to mines, factories, hospitals, embassies, universities, farms, World Bank offices, and the halls of government. I stayed with families in Indian villages so isolated that my arrival would be greeted by desperate parents running up to me asking "Are you a doctor?" hoping I happened to be the international medic—on her annual visit—who would be able to cure their child. I met entire families who lived on garbage dumps in the Philippines, Guatemala, and Bangladesh and who survived on the food and material scraps they pulled from the stinking, smoldering heaps. I visited shopping malls in Tokyo and Bangkok and Las Vegas that were so big and bright and plastic that I felt like I was in The Jetsons or Futurama.