Pollination is beautiful

When you are in the depths of despair over life history evolution or models of species interactions, it always helps to take a minute to step back and understand why we have a course called BIO113.  This, my friends, will give you a good idea.  A beautiful and sparse visual summary of all that we study in ecology. Some of the most stunning footage of pollination that I have ever seen.

It is images like these, and the understanding of all the complexities and science behind them, that I hope you carry forward with you when think back about what you learned in BIO113. 

PS. If you want to see the cinematographer give an introduction, it is here: http://www.ted.com/talks/louie_schwartzberg_the_hidden_beauty_of_pollination.html

So much cool data...

Hey guys,

Now is the time in the class where we move into understanding our world at large spatial scales, and that means lots of remotely sensed data.  If you want to have an awesome perspective on things, check out the NASA Earth Observatory site, particularly the animations in the global maps.   Not enough, you say?

http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/energybalance/index.html

http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/