Blog posts categorized by Science Communication
Developing a climate change resilience index for the Great Barrier Reef: Part 1
Bill Dennison ·
18 February 2014
| Science Communication |
Heath Kelsey and I traveled to Townsville, Australia to facilitate a workshop to develop a climate change resilience index for the Great Barrier Reef. The workshop, sponsored by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, was at James Cook University on 10-11 Feb 2014. On the first day, we had a series of presentations by scientists developing various indicators and then on the second day we designed and drafted a trifold publication for internal use by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.
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The poetry and art of Galileo Galilei
Bill Dennison ·
13 February 2014
| Science Communication |
'Scientists who made a difference' series … This blog accompanying the biographical sketch of Galileo Galilei looks at a selection of his writing as poetry and a selection of his scientific sketches as art. The ‘Poetry’ uses Galileo's exact words (translated into English) in prose form, using the title ‘The Greatest Astonishment' to focus on the cadence and word choice.
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Moreton Bay and Catchment
Bill Dennison ·
30 January 2014
| Science Communication | Australian cities and waterways |
This book was produced by the fledgling School of Marine Science, The University of Queensland at the outset of a rekindled scientific interest in Moreton Bay, its tributaries and its catchments, or watersheds. Previous conferences regarding the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay resulted in short conference proceedings books; Brisbane River: A Source Book for the Future, Future of Marine Science in Moreton Bay, and Moreton Bay in the Balance.
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Sizing up the Mississippi River
Bill Nuttle ·
28 January 2014
| Science Communication |
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Last week, I attended a meeting of the Changing Course design competition in New Orleans. The Changing Course competition will stimulate innovative thinking about the future shape of coastal Louisiana, including possibly relocating the main channel of the Mississippi River below New Orleans - hence its name. The purpose of this meeting was to bring together the eight teams invited to enter the competition to review the issues at stake and answer questions about the competition.
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ShorePower project launched
Bill Dennison ·
21 January 2014
| Science Communication |
I attended the launch of the ShorePower Project at the Tidewater Inn in Easton, Maryland on 17 Jan 2014. It was a nice event on the topic of green energy for the Delmarva peninsula. The project is funded by the Town Creek Foundation, based in Easton, Maryland. Four municipal governments - Cambridge, Easton, Salisbury, and Snow Hill - are receiving funding to help them transition to green energy sources.
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The poetry and art of Nicholas Copernicus
Bill Dennison ·
16 January 2014
| Science Communication |
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'Scientists Who Made a Difference' series … This blog accompanying the biographical sketch of Nicholas Copernicus looks at a selection of his writing as poetry and a selection of his scientific sketches as art. The 'Poetry' uses Copernicus' exact words (translated into English) in prose form, using the title 'The Earth Moves' to focus on the cadence and word choice.
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Nicholas Copernicus and the Copernican Revolution
Bill Dennison ·
14 January 2014
| Science Communication |
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'Scientists Who Made a Difference' series … Nicholas Copernicus was an interesting renaissance man who overcame the existing paradigm placing earth in the center of the solar system to the new paradigm of a heliocentric view that earth and the planets revolved around the sun. This perspective led to the Copernican revolution which occurred after Copernicus died in 1543 and published his book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres).
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