Using Dan's new online book Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet, the website attempts to teach the student how to think, not what to think. Buy the Book … [Read more...]
Botkin, Daniel B. and Lisa Micheli 2020 Wildfire Challenge, Science That Raves https://ravermag.co
Just Published: New Article about How to Prevent and Reduce Damage from Wildfires m/wildfire-challenge-daniel-b-botkin-and-lisa-micheli-in-science-that-raves/https://ravermag.com/wildfire-challenge-daniel-b-botkin-and-lisa-micheli-in-science-that-raves/ … [Read more...]
How to buy a copy of Strange Encounters
Two ways to buy the book Follow this link to BUY FROM AMAZONDIRECTLY FROM ME (PERSONALLY SIGNED COPY)Contact me at dan@danielbbotkin.com and I will invoice you directly via PayPal. This way I can send a signed copy. Price: $20.00 About Strange Encounters Traveling has been part of my life. I have worked for many decades trying to understand how nature works and … [Read more...]
My new book just published STRANGE ENCOUNTERS, TALES OF A RENEGADE NATURIST
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CK97B5Z/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Daniel+Botkin&qid=1594298120&sr=8-3The warm, witty anecdotal adventures of a world-renowned scientist, spanning thirty years and dozens of countries. Most people only dream of having the life Daniel B. Botkin has led. He has studied whales and elephants, tramped over high mountain passes and … [Read more...]
I HAVE BEEN PLAYING FOLK MUSIC ALL MY LIFE. NOW I CAN SHARE THESE
SUBJECT: WHAT MAKES US ONE: SHARING FOLK MUSIC DANIEL B. BOTKIN I have been singing folk songs all my life; my first folk song record was made when I was 6 years old. During this recent decade, I have been sharing these recordings informally. But now I have found a way to share folk music more widely. I have started a YouTube Channel for my Folk Music. Some … [Read more...]
CHANGING ATTITUDES TOWARD WILDFIRE CONTROL
https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/25048/20200317/changing-attitudes-towards- meeting-wildfire-challenge-daniel-b-botkin-lisa.htmOver the past two years there have been truly disastrous wildfires around the globe: perhaps a silver lining is that attitudinal and economic obstacles to forest management may finally start to be … [Read more...]
Dr. Daniel Botkin Selected as Environmental Scientist of the Decade by the International Association of Top Professionals
United States, New York, New York - 12/16/2019 (PRDistribution.com)Dr. Daniel B. Botkin, Professor Emeritus of Biology for UC Santa Barbara, previous Faculty for Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Former Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami, and former Chairman for the University of California’s Environmental Studies Program, has just … [Read more...]
INTERESTED IN WHALES? SEE OUR LONG TERM RESEARCH ON BOWHEADS
Interested in Whales? With anthropologist and Arctic Explorer John Bockstoce, I did research on Bowhead whales using logbooks from Yankee whaling ships hunting that species from 1849 to 1915. We learned each year how many whales were caught and how the bowhead whale population changed over that time. We also were able to compare where the Yankee whalers saw the sea ice southern … [Read more...]