A pika in its natural habitat. Photo: Johanna Varner JUL 16, 2015 JOHANNA VARNER A decade ago, I would have NEVER have believed that I would write the following words, but here they are: I love working with 7th graders! My twenty-something self would have further cringed at the idea of leading dozens of boisterous middle schoolers … Continue reading Uintas Pika Watch or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Middle Schoolers
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Adaptive Science Communication: An Approach to an Uncertain Communication Environment
JUL 9, 2015 KRISTIN TIMM This post originally appeared on March 22, 2013 and is part of our throw-back series. I recently tuned in to a video archive of a virtual journal discussion on the science of science communication. During the video, one of the leading researchers in science communication, Dietram Scheufele, suggested that working in this field … Continue reading Adaptive Science Communication: An Approach to an Uncertain Communication Environment
Making Sense of Americans’ Opinions About Climate Change
JUL 7, 2015 ZACHARY SCHUSTER Source: Yale Project on Climate Change Communication The folks who did the renowned "Six Americas" study are back with more interesting data on opinions toward climate change and climate change adaptation. The Yale Project on Climate Change Communication has recently published a paper that breaks down opinions about climate change in … Continue reading Making Sense of Americans’ Opinions About Climate Change
Pope Francis Uses Faith and Science to Discuss Climate Change (and Fish!)
JUL 2, 2015 ABIGAIL (ABBY) LYNCH This post orginally appeared on The Fisheries Blog on June 22, 2015. Pope Francis cites climate change as an important problem for fish and other natural resources. (Tânia Rêgo-ABr) Though religion may seem an unlikely ally of science, the recent release of Pope Francis’s encyclical letter, entitled Laudato si’ (Praise be with you) on care … Continue reading Pope Francis Uses Faith and Science to Discuss Climate Change (and Fish!)
Introducing the Revamped Early Career Climate Forum: What, Why, How and Where
JUN 24, 2015 MICHELLE STAUDINGER NE CSC Science Coordinator Michelle Staudinger and UMass Amherst Dept. of Env. Conservation Assistant Professor Ezra Markowitz Welcome to the new and improved Early Career Climate Forum (ECCF)! We (Michelle Staudinger, Science Coordinator of the Northeast Climate Science Center and Ezra Markowitz, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Conservation at … Continue reading Introducing the Revamped Early Career Climate Forum: What, Why, How and Where
PIPES Interns Tell Their Climate Change Story
JUL 12, 2015 PIPES INTERNS A stone heiau, or temple, at Kahalu‘u Mānowai Education Center, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i Island. Photo: S. Nash The restored stone walls of two ancient heiau (Hawaiian temples) rise black and strong out of the gentle waves of the Kona Coast. Large rocks sit farther out in the sea, and coastal plants and … Continue reading PIPES Interns Tell Their Climate Change Story
3rd National Climate Assessment Overview
MAY 20, 2014 ROSIE RECORDS Photo credit: ian.umces.edu The third U.S. National Climate Assessment report, released in early May, provides a national synthesis of climate change and its effects that are already being felt across multiple sectors within the U.S., including coastal flooding and extreme heat in the Northeast, shrinking summer sea ice and thawing permafrost … Continue reading 3rd National Climate Assessment Overview
Obama Moves on Adaptation
NOV 4, 2013 CARINA WYBORN Photo: gettyimages.com While the Australian Government is currently denying the links between bushfires and climate change (sigh…), President Obama has just released an executive order titled “Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change”. It outlines policy objectives, processes to “modernise” Federal programs, directives to Federal agencies who manage land … Continue reading Obama Moves on Adaptation
When Does Synthesizing Begin? Contributing to Broader Theory During Early Career
AUG 13, 2013 WINSLOW HANSEN After getting my undergraduate degrees from the University of Montana, I moved to Alaska to work as a research technician. I was looking for a big adventure and I found it. I spent a year traveling around the state of Alaska to rural indigenous villages. I worked with a post doc … Continue reading When Does Synthesizing Begin? Contributing to Broader Theory During Early Career
Extreme Science Porn But Where Are The Social Scientists?
AUG 11, 2013 CARINA WYBORN I wrote this post after attending the National Adaptation Forum in Denver, where over 500 academics, advocates and practitioners came together to talk about the state of climate adaptation in the US. One night the screened James Balog’s ‘Chasing Ice’ an inspiring piece of extreme adventure science porn. The film is … Continue reading Extreme Science Porn But Where Are The Social Scientists?
Early Career Climate Network 