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Wallace J. Nichols Photo: Jeff Lipsky Wallace J. Nichols Wallace J. Nichols During one lecture at Stanford, Nichols implored graduate students to remember that, as conservation- ists, "we have the power of happiness on our side. " THE PHILIPPINE coral reef tank inside the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco is 25 feet deep and holds 212,000 gallons of water, making it one of the largest exhibits of living coral anywhere in the world. Nichols, 44, is a biologist and research associate at the academy who made a name for himself in the mid-1990s when he tracked a loggerhead turtle that swam from Baja, Mexico, to Japan, the first time anyone had recorded an animal swimming an entire ocean.

“Whether it’s a 92-year-old or a two-year-old, when they come into that blue space, something happens,” Nichols says. Not surprisingly, this theory can strike many of his peers as soft. “ ‘You must be from California.’ “My role is to be the catalyst and cheerleader,” he says. 'Invisibility' cloak could protect buildings from earthquakes | Science News. Studying Nature's Rhythms: Soundscape Ecologists Spawn New Field - US National Science Foundation (NSF) | Science News. Deep Sea Is Alive With Sound | Science News. Ocean current slowdown made Earth spin faster - environment - 11 February 2012 - New Scientist | Science News. How Earth's Next Supercontinent Will Form | Science News. Researchers create 3-D laser maps that show how earthquake changes landscape | Science News.

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