A volunteer network of astronomers is using a unique astronomical perspective to educate people about the climate crisis while at the same time striving for sustainability in academia.
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Virtual Tours Through the Ice Using Everyday Tools
The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center is training scientists to create immersive virtual field experiences of glaciers, sea ice, and snow.
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A Life at Sea: A Q&A with Robert Ballard
A new memoir from the famed explorer dives into his underwater discoveries, his life with dyslexia, and the importance of communicating with the public.
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Geomojis Translate Geoscience Across Any Language
Newly created pictograms aim to easily communicate geoscience and geohazard terms.
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Cubist Geomorphology: Your Kinship with Picasso, Explained
Asked to imagine a modeled landscape, you probably wouldn’t first think of a Cubist painting. But Cubists and geoscientists may have more in common than meets the eye.
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A Tried-and-True Medium to Broaden the Reach of Science
Television programming reaches broad, diverse audiences, but scientists must help tell their own stories and speak to the communities in which they live.
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Using Food to Tell the Climate Change Story
Discussing the impact of climate change on food is an effective way to spark interest in the science of climate change and how to mitigate associated problems.
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Women Are Still Not Heard in the Climate Policy Conversation
A case study in Brazil points to a deep gender gap that still has to be bridged in the policymaking debate.
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Can Newspaper Reporting Uncover Flood Risk?
In areas of low or no flood monitoring, archival coverage of historical flooding can help scientists make better risk predictions.
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How Scientists Can Engage to Solve the Climate Crisis
Policymakers need scientists. Here’s how one geoscientist contributed to a U.S. congressional report that’s already churning out legislation—and real action.