OCT 24, 2016 MICHELLE STAUDINGER In early November, the Northeast Climate Science Center will host the first ever National CSC Student and Early Career Training at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. This 2-day training, made possible with support from the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center and the eight CSCโs, will bring together CSC-associated students, post-docs and … Continue reading The First Ever National CSC Student and Early Career Training
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Making Better Posters
OCT 11, 2016 TONI KLEMM On November 2nd and 3rd, the first ever National CSC Student and Early Career Training will be held at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. This blog post is the first in a series highlighting the goals, featured sessions, and experiences from this meeting, but for now here are some tips for preparing and improving … Continue reading Making Better Posters
Planet at the crossroads: Intersecting in Hawaiสปi
SEP 26, 2016 LAUREN R. KAISER Hawaiสปi was fortunate enough to have the honor to host the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress this September. This was the first time in its 70-year history that the Congress has ever been held in the United States. Around 10,000 participants came together in Honolulu and embraced … Continue reading Planet at the crossroads: Intersecting in Hawaiสปi
SCCSC offers online class on climate change management
AUG 1, 2016 TONI KLEMM Earlier this year, I wrote an ECCF blog about a fall semester undergraduate class at the University of Oklahoma (OU) that taught students about climate science, the impacts of climate change, and that gave them a look behind the scenes of the climate negotiations at the Paris COP21 meeting last December. Well, Iโm happy to … Continue reading SCCSC offers online class on climate change management
The new ECCF celebrates its one-year anniversary!
JUL 5, 2016 MICHELLE STAUDINGER When we relaunched the ECCF a year ago, we wondered how our products would be adopted by the Climate Science Center (CSC) community. A year later, we are pleasantly surprised by our success and canโt help but thanking all of you for the support and enthusiasm that has fueled our accomplishments. … Continue reading The new ECCF celebrates its one-year anniversary!
6 Tips for Designing and Conducting an Online Survey
MAY 9, 2016 TONI KLEMM Photo: Craig Taylor, Flickr Online surveys are everywhere these days, and with free tools like SurveyMonkey or Google Forms, anyone can conduct a survey. Preparing and conducting a survey for research, however, is no small endeavor and requires careful preparation and consideration. Here are 6 tips for how to get the most out of … Continue reading 6 Tips for Designing and Conducting an Online Survey
ESA 100 Preview: Climate Change
AUG 3, 2015 LINDSEY THURMAN The Ecological Society of America is having its 100th Anniversary Conference August 9-14 in Baltimore. The organizers of this yearโs centennial meeting have challenged us to put together talks and symposia that celebrate 100 years of advancements in ecological research and peer into the future of 21st Century challenges. This has … Continue reading ESA 100 Preview: Climate Change
Understanding Climate Projections: Guidance for Climate Change Adaptation Planning
JUL 30, 2015 ALEX BRYAN Example output generated from the Regional Climate Model (RegCM) developed by the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). Climate change threatens our lands and seas, our wildlife, and our natural and cultural resources. To conserve our natural environment, managers rely on climate model projections to determine where to take action, what … Continue reading Understanding Climate Projections: Guidance for Climate Change Adaptation Planning
Looking Forward, Looking Back
JUN 26, 2015 TONI KLEMM The 2012 Northwest Climate Boot Camp, birthplace of ECCF.Photo credit: Mark Schulze, Oregon State University The Early Career Climate Forum (ECCF) was started about two and a half years ago, in December 2012. After a small group of students and post-docs attended a great early career training hosted by theย Northwest Climate … Continue reading Looking Forward, Looking Back
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
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