[Coral-List] Parachute Science and how we work/engage

[Andrew Ross]

Hi Chris & list,
The late Robin Lewis tagged his Emails with a (partial) Patton quote: 
"You will never know what is going on unless you hear the whistle of the bullets”

Andrew M. Ross, Ph.D. 
Seascape Caribbean
+1-876-363-8850


> On Jun 23, 2021, at 7:29 AM, Chris Perry via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
> 
> Apologies if I have missed postings/discussions on this topic but this
> recent paper on the impacts of, and actions to address, what has been
> called parachute science has just come to my attention.
> 
> https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.029
> 
> This short and thought-provoking piece in Current Biology should probably
> be read by everyone.
> 
> There is a rapidly growing debate around this topic in the UK University
> sector (at least across my discipline) and we have had some quite
> challenging (and for me at times uncomfortable from a retrospective
> viewpoint) discussions around this topic.
> 
> Anyway - it is worth a read and some thought.
> 
> Chris
> 
> *Professor Chris Perry*
> Geography
> University of Exeter
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