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Stormy waters by jetty ... Story waters break against rock jetty in Chesapeake basin. ... Storm, water, storm water, jetty, B-roll, Video Library ... Jam...

"Whirling Disease" and Environmental Responsibility

...very syllable, delivering, justly, mischief’s cold thrill. This poem uses a unique narrative structure to tell its story. It concentrates on a single moment: the instant the author tries to save a trout suffering from whirling disease , an i...

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...

The Billion Oyster Conference and New York City: Part 1

In the Footsteps of Gengis Khan in the Mongolian Steppe: Part 2

...d trips before our Tuul River report card workshop, we headed downstream to visit two mines: one recently built with a history of environmental protections, the other an old soviet mine with no apparent environmental regulation. On our way, we pas...

In the Footsteps of Gengis Khan in the Mongolian Steppe: Part 1

... shops. Directly to the side of the government house is the National Museum of Mongolia . I enjoyed learning about the history of Mongolia from this museum from exhibits such as the Mongol Empire and the ger (rhymes with air) or Mongolian yurt. Ge...

Don Boesch, the Coastal Scholar, steps down after 27 years

...resident, said that Chesapeake Bay , the Gulf of Mexico and the planet are all thankful for Don Boesch. He told the story of how he unabashedly appropriated Don's comment that it was not “A moment for Chesapeake Bay restoration”,...

Biscayne Bay Marine Health Inaugural Summit

...ir river was palpable. LESSON 2: Environmental restoration can be a source of civic pride. Because of the amazing story of the River Mersey, we were hoping for some good local media coverage, but the headlines of the Brisbane Courier Mail l...

Developing environmental intelligence through environmental literacy and citizen science

... drivers for Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. Chesapeake Bay supports unique human cultures and livelihoods. American history has been shaped by Chesapeake Bay. Chesapeake Bay has been extremely well studied and intensively managed. Another aspec...

Sharing Water event in Washington, D.C.

...t was hearing about the incredible challenges that the Mayor of Flint, MI -- Dr. Karen Weaver -- shared with us. Flint's story of lead contamination in a municipal water supply provided a sobering reminder of the consequences of 'getting it wrong'...

Assessing bacteria in South Carolina: redesigning the "How's the Beach?" app

...or of Graduate Studies in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences. He is relaxed, fun, and he likes to make up history for South Carolina (something he admitted about himself). I also met Dwayne’s team that works on synthesizing the...

"Up close and personal" Community engagement at the Citizen Science conference (part 2)

... 'bouncy' rubber balls and 'smooshy' meatballs. Of course, visitors also enjoyed an exhibit on the ecology and natural history of the city's pride and joy: the Mississippi River, which flows outside the museum's windows. My absolute favorite...

"In this room, it’s playtime!" Creative inspiration at the Citizen Science conference (part 1)

...et Caroline at the conference. Caroline co-presented a Communicating Data Workshop, during which she discussed narrative storytelling and the ABT form . Professor Kevin Ripka then led participants through several engaging data visualization activi...

So you think you can couple systems? Reviewing our research proposals

...d: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature . New York, NY: Norton, 1996. Print. Dahlstrom, M. F. 2014. Using narratives and storytelling to communicate science with nonexpert audiences . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(Supplement...

Tell a compelling story: Talking about science communication to landscape ecologists in Baltimore

Tell a compelling story: Talking about science communication to landscape ecologists in Baltimore ... The 2017 annual meeting of the US chapter...

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...

Forests, floods, and fisheries… Houston, do we have a problem here?

...usly in the course . For example, a strong narrative structure emerged from Wilmelie’s talk as she described the history of artisanal fishermen in Puerto Rico and the challenges they face today. Killian opened her presentation with a series...

Narrative literacy for science communication

...Handbook for Integrating Visual Elements ". The seventh principle is from a paper by M. Dahlstrom " Using narratives and storytelling to communicate science with nonexpert audiences ", published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Scienc...

Jane Thomas, Science Communicator Extraordinaire, heading Down Under

... diving with sharks and in caves and snorkeling in Jellyfish Lake . We enjoyed the Palauan culture, with the Micronesian storyboards serving as the original conceptual diagrams. We also traveled to Bangkok , Thailand to teach a Science Communicati...

Why I March

Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink, unless something is done: How science is used in legal cases to improve the environment

Entangled with the natural world: Nature seen through culture’s eyes

...16. Shutterstock. Vox . By Brian Resnick. Web. Kisser, Charles. " Finding God in the Wilderness – Part 1. " In the Storyline . N.p., 29 May 2013. Web. Mulcahy, Kate. " 10 Comparisons Between Chimps and Humans ." Listverse . N.p., 14 Feb. 201...

Building Dinosaurs

...o credit: Emily Nastase Now, Michael is the proprietor of Michael Holland Productions , a company that creates natural history exhibit “features”, AKA fossil reconstructions. Michael and his team are experts when it comes to molding an...

Journalists and scientists: Forever at odds, or a perfect pairing?

...vya Pradhan Ask a scientist, and they might tell you that journalists are more interested in selling news than getting a story right, are overly concerned with conflict and scientific outliers, and will miss the point or twist information to fit a...

To get the grade: Collaborate! Stakeholder engagement and the missing link between research and action

...enous village from the forested upper valley and maintaining the integrity of the community and the ecosystem. The above story is only hypothetical and somewhat simplistic in nature. Yet, it models a plausible real-world scenario, which was based...

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