Clay Tucker, Lindsey Middleton, Paulina Cwik The Early Career Climate Network (ECCN) began over 12 years ago at the Northwest Climate Bootcamp, an early-career workshop hosted by the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center. Graduate students and young faculty came together after that meeting to stay connected, support each other, and share ideas through the ECCN. … Continue reading The ECCN at 12
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Rising Tides: The Growing Challenge of Overwash in the Pacific Islands
by Paulina ฤwik In a nutshell: Overwash is a newly-intensifying phenomenon impacting the Pacific Islands. Produced by a combination of storm swell and wave dynamics with coral reefs, overwash waves flood low-lying islands, compromising freshwater supplies. Research is underway to improve forecasting and bolster resilience to these events as they become more frequent due to climate … Continue reading Rising Tides: The Growing Challenge of Overwash in the Pacific Islands
โAndโฆ Weโre Live!โ: Behind the Scenes of Severe Weather Coverage
by Victoria A. Johnson When severe weather strikes, receiving accurate and timely information can be the difference between life and death. For many people, their local broadcast meteorologist plays a critical role in this process, helping audiences stay safe by providing them with the information needed to make informed decisions about what to do and … Continue reading โAndโฆ Weโre Live!โ: Behind the Scenes of Severe Weather Coverage
The value of weather information
By Dolly Na-Yemeh "I don't know what I'd do without it. I'd probably resign. It's that important."ย - H. Gunter (OK-First veteran) Everyone encounters weather daily, but how we deal with weather and its impacts varies widely. In some instances, the weather information we need may simply help us decide whether to take an umbrella on … Continue reading The value of weather information
Augmented reality: How does it impact equality in education?
Trey Lee While the act of learning is commonly associated with classrooms, recent years have seen educators searching for new ways outside of the classroom to engage with students and promote learning. This has become recognized as informal education. Informal learning experiences rarely focus on teaching specific knowledge and skills, but instead concentrate on trying … Continue reading Augmented reality: How does it impact equality in education?
Is mindfulness the answer?
Thereโs a lot to enjoy about academia, but grad programs and careers in research can also be stressful. Grad students, for example, are six times as likely to experience depression and anxiety compared to the general population, in a study conducted pre-pandemic. These levels were higher among women for anxiety (43% of women, 34% of … Continue reading Is mindfulness the answer?
Trees, Tempests, and Time: What trees can tell us about weather in the past
by Ashley Booth This post was originally posted on the EnviroBites blog. The author has given us permission to repost it here. Itโs easy enough to figure out what the weather will be like these days. You simply open an app on your phone and there it is. A decent prediction of rain, wind, and … Continue reading Trees, Tempests, and Time: What trees can tell us about weather in the past
Navigating Academia and Beyond with ADHD
This post was partially guided by a Slack Chat that took place Monday, 1/24/22 in the Slack space of another early career science group, the Early Career Ecology section of ESA. I hosted the chat with a colleague and we fielded questions about coping with ADHD as researchers. This is more or less the condensed … Continue reading Navigating Academia and Beyond with ADHD
The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season in Perspective
NOV. 5, 2020 by CLAY TUCKER and JILL TREPANIER โIt was over in less than two and a half hours,โ our neighbor Bob explained about his experience with Hurricane Zeta on October 28, 2020. Bob is a rarity: a permanent resident in the small unincorporated coastal town of Cocodrie, Louisiana. Though the nearest post office … Continue reading The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season in Perspective
The Future is Waiting, Just Around the Riverbend
DEC. 13, 2018 THE EDITORIAL BOARD [MICHELLE STAUDINGER, ADRIENNE WOOTTEN, MEAGHAN GUCKIAN, EZRA MARKOWITZ, CLAY TUCKER, ELSITA KIEKEBUSCH, TONI KLEMM, LINDSEY MIDDLETON, CAIT ROTTLER] Photo credit:ย Interesting Pennsylvania and Beyond. In 2012, a group of bright- eyed students and post-docs gathered at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest in Blue River, Oregon, to learn about climate change, … Continue reading The Future is Waiting, Just Around the Riverbend
Early Career Climate Network 