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    442 results for "story":

    • Let your data speak! Less is more…
      ...ancement in science and engineering, humans have more data to show what they want people to see. The data need to tell a story through simple figures of illustration (Kirk, 2012). There are many pioneers of data visualization and their practices a...
    • Let's get in line, with InDesign!
      ...ok: Engaging Titles: must be active and get to the point Arresting Visuals: a picture or diagram that tells a compelling story Layout: have a design that will draw the eye in to the important points Pick the best tool for the job The impression ga...
    • Let’s Learn Things We Never Knew, We Never Knew
      ... economies with little support from the governments that continue to “make-up” for the genocide that is this country’s history. My Uncle Arnie, late Chief of the Penobscot Nation, giving the ceremonial blessing of the animals. “ oct97-0012 ” by Te...
    • Let’s Start By Talking About Ecosystem Services
      ... agree that estimating the values of ecosystem services is useful as a guide to decision-making, but it is not the whole story. Scientific models and benefit-cost analysis do not substitute for the messy process of engaging stakeholders, forging a...
    • Local solutions: collaborations and information sharing to grow passion and facilitate community change
      ...e a biking tour of the city of Manchester. We took a nice path along the Merrimack River and learned about some of the history of the old rust belt city. I was also able to meet some of the new group of Knauss Fellows at the networking dinner and...
    • Long Island Sound Report Card
      ...ld in the Town of Mamaroneck, New York , at the Town Center. Mamaroneck is a small town formed in 1788, with a storied history. The meeting occurred in the Town’s Court Room, a different but interesting venue than where we usually meet - com...
    • Long Island Sound Report Card in context
      ...eings who walk other spheres. Walt Witman was one of America's most influential poets. Credit: Wikimedia Commons The big story about our Long Island Sound report card was that of extremes, with pollution dominating the Sound health in the Western...
    • Long Island Sound: Prospects for the Urban Sea book synopsis
      ...he Sound, including dolphins and harbor seals. Gray seals have observed since 2001 as well. There is a rich scientific history in benthic geochemistry and biology in Long Island Sound. The hypoxia on Long Island Sound bottom waters is well documen...
    • Look at this stuff, isn’t it neat?
      ...e Krieg In the Disney animated movie, “The Little Mermaid,” adapted from Hans Christian Andersen 's original story,1 there is a scene in which Ariel sits down to dinner with Prince Eric and Grimsby. She is very excited to see a fork at...
    • Looking through the Lens of Environmental Justice
      ...hout a system becoming a defining structure 2 within which society develops, such as we have seen throughout America's history 3 . Five decades later, the struggle for a racially just America continues, though the dimensions of which are expanded...
    • Louisiana Sea Grant Discovery, Integration and Application initiative (LA DIA)
      ...gnettes of their experiences in science communication in a session entitled 'Lessons from the field'. Rusty Gaude told a story about his efforts in the catfish aquaculture industry. A mysterious 'black hole' disease was killing the fingerling catf...
    • Lower Mississippi River: Environmental Literacy
      .... The land along the  Lower Mississippi River has been settled by a diversity of converging cultures. The complex history of various settlers, with various waves of immigration, has led to a rich diversity of architecture, music, literature a...
    • Mackay Report Card Workshop – Mackay, Queensland Australia 24 February 2015.
      ...on about report cards, discuss issues related to report card development, and help sketch out the draft report card in a storyboard exercise. The Mackay report card is the third in a series of report cards that aim to increase the resolution of re...
    • Making connections to ensure a clean and healthy Chesapeake Bay
      ...ey, Director of the Water & Science Administration at the Maryland Department of the Environment , spoke about the history of restoration in the Chesapeake Bay. His talk was particularly interesting to me because I am studying this timeline an...
    • Managing for Sustainable Ecosystems: Our Human Role
      ...and storms or sea-level rise. The EBM approach is place-based, and implementation must be mindful of local culture and history. The initial wake-up call to the Chesapeake Bay region was Tropical Storm Agnes in 1972 which caused a large disturbance...
    • Map It Out: from Babylonian Clay to GIS
      ...) There are vast numbers of tutorial videos, shapefiles, and data sets available online. References: Aber, J.S.,"Brief History of Maps and Cartography". 2008. http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/map/h_map/h_map.htm Thompson, Clive. "From Ptolemy...
    • Maps and Legends, Are We Really Understood?
      ...;meat and potatoes” of my map it is important to get it right. As we have seen earlier in class the data tells the story. In my map you might be able to see an attractive blue color for Chesapeake Bay, this is a grid. And those sometimes wei...
    • Maps should tell a story
      Maps should tell a story ... Ben Wahle The summer before I started fifth grade, my family took a road trip from Washington DC to Nova Scotia, Can...
    • Maryland releases a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan
      ...s state with a diverse, well-educated citizenry that has responded to many foreign and domestic threats throughout its history. It is entirely consistent with Maryland’s character that we respond to this newest threat with decisive and appro...
    • Maryland’s inaugural State of the Coast conference
      ...in 1983, with various multi-state agreements to reduce nutrient inputs. At the conference, I provided a brief timeline history of key activities associate with Chesapeake Bay. I based this on a public talk I gave at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Mus...
    • Me and Bobby Twilley
      ...faculty member at Louisiana State University . Robert gave a wonderful seminar at Horn Point Laboratory , covering the history of coastal Louisiana wetland loss, Mississippi River diversions and provided the context for the 2012 Master Plan. The I...
    • Mediated realities and fish eyebrows: how we can effectively communicate science
      ...the reason why media is effective in bringing scientific knowledge to the public is the use of narratives and compelling storytelling. Facts aren’t just listed throughout the work; they are linked through story structure, cause and effect, t...
    • Medulla of the Report Card Success: Project Management and Workshop Planning
      ... and defining a clear understanding of what are you trying to accomplish will allow a report card to share the authentic story of a place with the local community and with the world....
    • MEES goes to Annapolis
      ...S alumni Led a session on making science easy on the eye Drawing chickens, tulips and thermometers upside down To make a story of those things that make fish frown. We heard the Bernie Fowler sneaker story An indicator of Chesapeake Bay clarity An...
    • Meet Saipan, one of America’s forgotten territories
      ...fying thresholds and scoring of indicators, and drafting the layout of the report card. We also talked a lot about the history and culture of Saipan and CNMI and the effects those things have had on coral reefs. Determining values and threats for...