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Visiting the Nickel Preserve in eastern Oklahoma
...rve. The Ozarks support a high biological diversity, enhanced by the diverse landscapes and the long stable geological history of the region. We hiked a nature trail along Pine Ridge where we could view the oak dominated forest on the north facing...
Walking tour of Brisbane (Part 2): Financial district, riverside and botanic gardens
...rounds to Charlotte Street and walk over to Eagle Street Pier , with shops and restaurants. There is a great view of the Story Bridge , built in 1940, connecting Kangaroo Point with the city. The Story Bridge is named after J.D. story , a man resp...
Walking tour of Brisbane (Part 3): Parliament, World War II and beyond
...fessors of the Botany Department, University of Queensland . When Professors Trevor Clifford and Ray Specht told me that story, and mentioned that General MacArthur kept his beer in that cold room, I promptly went out and bought a carton of beer....
Want to be a better science communicator? Start with the title and the abstract.
...a better title and abstract for a scientific paper in a few simple steps. ... By Amanda Rockler Dr. Bill Dennison says, “storytelling and visualizations are part of our DNA,” and good storytelling engages the audience, improves retention, and shor...
Water, food webs, and production on the Kakadu floodplains
...on Kakadu National Park floodplains, I am interviewing scientists to begin distilling the key messages for the synthesis story. These researchers are contributing to the developing picture of the connections between the floodplains, water movement...
Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink, unless something is done: How science is used in legal cases to improve the environment
We're all connected to the Big Easy: Beyond Science into BIG Management of Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem
...ston: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. Saucier, R. 1994. Geomorphology and Quaternary Geologic History of the Lower Mississippi Valley (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS), Vol. 1. Britsch. L, and J. Dunbar. 1993....
Webstock 2015: One day of Peace & the Internet
...edman provided an interesting analogy of the paradigm shift that occurred with the growth of automobile travel in U.S. history with the paradigm shift that is occurring with the growth of the Internet. He observed that 141 million Americans own a...
What are these data trying to tell us?
...oring operations of the South Florida Water Management District . Visitors are greeted by a display that documents the history of hydrologic monitoring from the 1940s until the present day. Everglades restoration encompasses four regional ecosyste...
What is the role of science in managing fisheries?
...a 5 year moratorium set in place to protect a dwindling population, the species recovered. Most hailed this as a success story, but the underweight and often lesion covered fish that are now being caught tell a different story. Striped bass rely o...
What makes a port city iconic?
What makes a port city iconic? ... What makes a port city iconic? Geography, history, sense of place, water everywhere, economic engines, melting pots and vistas. My first visit to Rio de Janeiro convinced...
What’s nature got to do with it?
What’s the problem? Why should I care? Using Media to Bring Science to the Public
...it newsworthy and timely ? If it is interesting to you, it may or may not be interesting to an editor or a reader. For a story to be picked up by a news agency, it must actually be new , something no one knows about, or an angle that no one has co...
When Bad Things Happen to Good Rays
...gs Happen to Good Rays ... This blog post is the first of a two-post series examining cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) history and ecology in the Chesapeake Bay. In 2007, an article appeared in the reputable scientific journal Science asserting th...
Why I March
Willamette Through Film festival
Within Our Reach conference
...iversity, David Hulse, University of Oregon at Within Our Reach Conference. Stan Gregory gave an excellent abbreviated history of some of the giants in Oregon conservation that preceded the current recipients of the Theiss International Riverprize...
Workshop on ecological drought with the South Central Climate Science Center in Norman, Oklahoma
...he average water loss rates, and record rainfall and flooding in the North. The South Central US has a strong cultural history. Within the tribal cultures throughout the region, crops are not just used for food, but also part of ceremony and cultu...
WWF-UMCES Retreats Poetry
... to Cambridge with Ken the Boat Driver To get ourselves to dinner at the High Spot Where we ate and drank a whole lot. Storyboarding a report card practitioner's guide Wallpapering the DuPont House porch--every side Identifying what makes a rive...
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