Copies of the book will be for sale and author signing after the discussion. This discussion will take place in the Science Mill's theater. Robert Elde, the Science Mill's Science Director and Vice Chair of the Board, and former Dean of the University of Minnesota’s College of Biological Sciences. Gracefully blending personal memoir with crystal-clear distillations of science, Spineless reveals that jellyfish are a bellwether for the damage we’re inflicting on the climate and the oceans and a call to realize our collective responsibility for the planet we share.Ī 30-minute discussion of the book will be followed by a Q&A moderated by Dr. Amidst record-breaking temperatures and devastating hurricanes, Spineless is well-timed. She travels the globe to meet the scientists who devote their careers to jellies hitches rides on Japanese fishing boats to see giant jellyfish in the wild raises jellyfish in her dining room and throughout it all marvels at the complexity of these fascinating and ominous biological wonders. What was unclear was whether these incidents were symptoms of a changing planet or part of a natural cycle.īerwald’s desire to understand jellyfish takes her on a scientific odyssey. Increasingly dire headlines drew her back to jellies, as unprecedented jellyfish blooms toppled ecosystems and collapsed the world’s most productive fisheries. More than a decade ago, she left the sea and her scientific career behind to raise a family in landlocked Austin, Texas. This is an edited excerpt from ‘ Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone ’ by Juli Berwald (Black Inc, £16.99) Read more on oceans: Why a new exhibition of. Buy Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone by Juli Berwald for 38.00 at Mighty Ape NZ. Juli Berwald’s journey into the world of jellyfish is a personal one.

Spineless by Juli Berwald