After enduring “parachute science” for decades, researchers in countries known for their coral reefs and mineral riches now have data quantifying just how pervasive the practice has been. Two recent ...
“Parachute science” is a term describing how researchers sometimes drop down from an ivory tower in the wealthy Western world into a foreign community for field work. They gather their data, and then ...
Recent research has shown that most scientific papers on coral biodiversity are led by people in high-income countries with few coral reefs. Reinhard Dirscherl / ullstein bild via Getty Images This ...