Michael Reed teaches the science of extinction at Tufts, but he tempers the doom and gloom lessons with some success stories and ways individuals can make a difference.
Conservation Biologist Michael Reed | Meeting the Minds
He brings reality of extinction to life
' I want to haunt students. I want them to wake up five years after they graduate, having a bad dream because of something I said. I want them to know that extinction is preventable, and I want that to bother them .'
Michael Reed teaches the science of extinction at Tufts, but he tempers the doom and gloom lessons with some success stories and ways individuals can make a difference.
Michael Reed got up from his chair and pulled a shoebox off a shelf in his office at Tufts University. As he opened it, his voice took on an uncharacteristically somber tone. (Full article: 902 words)
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