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Ecological drought in the Southeast U.S.: Forest fires, supermoon and new age libraries

...e variability. Workshop was held in a conference room in the Hill Library, North Carolina State University. Credit Bill Dennison Prolonged 2016 drought in Southeast U.S. Credit: US Drought Monitor November 8, 2016 Simon conducted a 'Snap' exercise...

Ecosystem health report card - how should we tell the story?

...velopment process, and ensures report card findings are disseminated for greatest impact. The class began with Dr. Bill Dennison outlining that the focus of the lecture would include some report card examples, a review of homework submissions and a...

Ecosystem Transformation: Resilience in the Face of Change

...wledge into publications aimed for broad dissemination. IAN, of course, was part of that team. On November 13 th , Bill Dennison and I travelled to Seattle, Washington for the three-day workshop, organized by Abigail Lynch and Laura Thompson of the...

Encountering Former Students

... Katherine was an undergraduate at UQ, she had lived in Japan, Adelaide and Canberra before landing in Townsville. Bill Dennison and Dr. Katherine Martin, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. I also visited James Cook University to discuss sea...

Ending a NOAA partnership and beginning a new EcoCheck chapter

...ntal Science (UMCES) and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) . It was created by Drs. Bill Dennison (UMCES) and Bob Wood (NOAA) to develop ecological forecasting and environmental reporting capacity in the Chesapeake Ba...

Engaging with the Belyuen people and Larrakia people, Traditional Owners of Darwin Harbour, Australia

Engaging with the Belyuen people and Larrakia people, Traditional Owners of Darwin Harbour, Australia ... Bill Dennison and Simon Costanzo led a Darwin Harbour workshop recently. Notable attendees included indigenous groups local to the Da...

Enhancing diversity in environmental sciences through the NOAA Educational Partnerships Program

...g this diversity grow and further permeate marine science. University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus. ... Bill Dennison...

Enhancing the Chesapeake Bay report card with new indicators and new methods

...ries of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Caroline Wicks presenting at the STAR seminar on June 27, 2013. Credit: Bill Dennison What would it take to develop 'swimability' or 'fishability' indicators? Some of the Riverkeeper and Waterkeeper groups...

Environment & Society Reflections

...amp; Society was an amazing experience, and I am deeply grateful to you all who participated this year. ... Bill Dennison...

Environmental Literacy for Guanabara Bay, Brazil

...story.ap.org/article/d3943de029894db390f7acea156918c7/when-rio-fails-sister-city-shows-sewage-cleanup-possible ... Bill Dennison...

Environmental literacy for the Assabet, Sudbury and Concord Rivers

...au for some time. A contemporary prolific author was Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) also lived in the region. ... Bill Dennison...

Environmental literacy of the Texas coastline

...dit: 2005-2006 Legislative Report, Gulf Intercostal Waterway, Texas Department of Transportation ... Bill Dennison...

Environmental literacy of the Tuul River, Mongolia

...ns with historical and spiritual importance in the Tuul River basin. Mongolian gers and solar panels. image credit Bill Dennison Geographic Context Each of these literacy principles will be discussed in turn, but first some contextual geography wil...

Environmental Literacy: Determining the essential elements necessary for understanding a topic or a place

...ill serve as the initiation of a series of environmental literacy blogs, based on the approach described here. ... Bill Dennison...

Environmental report card grading system

...report card fatigue' and possible confusion as to the different approaches, methodologies and ultimate scores. ... Bill Dennison...

Environmental report card workshop in Surfers Paradise, Australia

...tion phases of environmental report cards will benefit practitioners attempting to develop their own report cards. Bill Dennison, Health Kelsey and Jane Thomas from the Integration and Application Network facilitated the workshop which was organize...

Environmental Report Cards: protecting our environment together

...e topic of report cards. Caroline is the EcoCheck Team Leader, and Heath is a science integrator. (Courtesy by Dr. Bill Dennison) How are indicators in report cards chosen? The primary question of report cards is which indicators we should select a...

Erasmus Mundus thesis defense in Faro, Portugal

...of the thesis, which is held at different participating universities in Europe, students produce a thesis project. Bill Dennison served as a co-advisor (with Alice Newton) for a Croatian student, Ivan Sekovski. Ivan was sponsored by the Land-Ocean...

Establishing a Darwin-IAN approach: Charles Darwin University and the Integration and Application Network

...ming of Charles Darwin University and the inclusion of Darwin in examples of paradigm shifts by science communicators ( Dennison, 2008; Environmental problem solving in coastal ecosystems: A paradigm shift to sustainability; Estuarine, Coastal and...

Evolution of The Report Cards in Brisbane: Part One

Evolution of The Report Cards in Brisbane: Part One ... Bill Dennison , Simon Costanzo and I made our annual pilgrimage to Riversymposium in September 2017 for the 20 th anniversary of the...

Evolution of the Report Cards in Brisbane: Part Two

...ic drift concepts in evolutionary biology. Report cards on both continents had the same ancestor, in this case Dr. Bill Dennison , and so they started with similar report card traits , like transparency, geographic specificity, focus on ecological...

Evolution’s hero vs. a historical footnote: A new Narrative Index sheds light on Darwin vs. Wallace

...lated this analysis and interpretation, and Ben Wahle and Dylan Taillie , Science Communication interns at the ... Bill Dennison...

Experiential education: Changing the way we teach

...o learn. If the learning objectives adapt to this reality, students will be better prepared in the real world. ... Bill Dennison...

Exploring "Down Under"

...line, as seen from our hotel balcony. Image credit: James Currie I recently had the opportunity to travel with Dr. Bill Dennison to Brisbane , Australia. We planned to conduct a variety of interviews with scientists, stakeholders, and policymakers...

Exploring Hawaii: arid zone ecology, vog and volcanoes

... the island with the leeward (dry) side. Group photo at the Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site. Photo credit: Bill Dennison Our first stop was at the Pohakuloa Training Area , a 133,000 acre installation operated by the US Department of D...

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