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    609 results for "story":

    • Designing Posters that POP!
      ...nclude all elements of visual communication because it is both a visual and a literary form. Use photos, graphs, and the story narrative to create an effective medium. Finally, I tend to agree with those experts who argue that you shouldn’t...
    • Developing a Chesapeake Watershed report card: Harrisburg PA workshop
      ...artment of Environmental Protection (DEP) provided a great historical overview. I was impressed with the long and rich history of Susquehanna River watershed monitoring that had occurred. Gary also provided some insights into the legacy of the...
    • Developing a climate change resilience index for the Great Barrier Reef: Part 2
      ...ng the harbor. On the second day, we sketched a few conceptual diagrams, generated a prototype reef resilience index and storyboarded a trifold document. In addition, all of the scientists drafted text and Emily Saeck  was able to quickly pro...
    • Developing a Focus - A Guide to Practical Photography/Videography
      ...rocessing editing features and filters to chose from Simpler and user-friendly Can be done remotely on iPhone Cons: no history panel, no brush adjustments, no radial or graduated filters, no way to share presets, no plugin architecture for third-p...
    • Developing a report card for the coral reefs of American Samoa
      ...ld add to the American Samoa report card in the future. The afternoon of the second day focused on indicator details and storyboarding the overall report card. The participants sketched out the basic draft of the report card so that IAN staff coul...
    • Developing a strategy for Long Island Sound embayment report cards
    • Developing a Swan River report card
      ...of water quality parameters to be used as indicators, we developed thresholds and calculated report card scores. We then storyboarded a layout for the report card pamphlet and Kate worked with the Dept. of Water staff, particularly Catherine Thoms...
    • Developing an Index of Resilience to Climate Change Impacts to the Great Barrier Reef – Workshop 3, Townsville, Australia.
    • 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...
    • Developing scientific stories for Chesapeake Bay submerged aquatic vegetation
      ... we argue that we need to take immediate action. The visualizations we have begun producing help tell the Chesapeake SAV story. Researchers created a word cloud describing Chesapeake Bay submerged aquatic vegetation during dinner at the Ram's Head...
    • Developing the Western Lake Erie report card in Toledo, Ohio
      ...ny subscribers. We also viewed the iconic Toledo Harbor Lighthouse through binoculars and Sandy Bihn told us about its history and the current renovations taking place. A-Big catching a white perch on the river. Photo Bill Dennison. Our initial La...
    • Development of an Ecosystem Health Report Card for Laguna de Bay, Philippines
      ...ankton community can be used to indicate changes in the trophic state of the lake, level of eutrophication and warming history. Dr. Adelaida Palma (BFAR) and Dr. Rey Papa (UST). Credit: Vanessa Vargas After the presentation of the four experts, Si...
    • Discovering Southeast Queensland waterways and rediscovering Liz Clarke
      ...lusion in the book and for developing conceptual diagrams for each vantage point. Liz used the tapes to write a cohesive story for each location, and the book was assembled by Eva and Cath. A couple of things became apparent to me in the productio...
    • Discussing ecological drought and climate change in Fairbanks, Alaska
      ...ocated on the UAF campus. The museum provided the perfect end to the trip, as it was part Alaskan cultural and natural history, part native and cultural art museum, and part Alaskan modern art museum—there was so much information, history, a...
    • Discussing island drought in Puerto Rico Part I
      ...ds. Breakout group producing feedback summary. Image credit James Currie. Adaptation strategies: Brad Rippey gave us a history of the US Drought Monitor , a popular and widely used website that is updated weekly on Thursday mornings. It was initia...
    • Discussion following Bill Dennison's seminar on Challenges and advantages of using citizen scientists for environmental monitoring
      ...nother set of talks to be included are topics of general interest to each group (e.g., bacteria, fisheries, Chesapeake history). ... Bill Dennison...
    • Discussion following Walter Boynton seminar on Corsica River estuary restoration
      ...tention". He joked that we should be making beaver hatcheries instead of oyster hatcheries, but then went on to tell the story of the reappearance of beavers in Calvert County with the initial reaction "the return of nature's engineers" evolving i...
    • Diving into NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program
    • 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”,...
    • Dorchester County citizens concerned about Chesapeake Bay
    • Dottie Samonisky retirement party
      ...some wonderful tributes about Dottie that we read at her party. We also put on a short play in Dottie's honor, since the story of a girl named Dorothy and her little dog who wanted to go home to retire was eerily similar to the story of the Wizard...
    • Dr. Christine O'Connell's dissertation defense conclusion = Long Island Sound should be called 'Connecticut Sound'
    • Dr. John Snow and Jack Maple, kindred spirits
      ...nd have left a legacy that transcended their lives. Two wonderful books recount their achievements; " The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World ", written by Steven John...
    • Dr. Vanessa Vargas-Nguyen successfully defends her dissertation
      ...nse for the Marine Environmental Estuarine Science (MEES) Program. All previous dissertation defenses for the 40+ year history of the MEES program had been done in person. The COVID-19 situation precluded an in-person defense, hence the switch to...
    • Draft Mississippi River report card released at 2014 America's Watershed Initiative Summit
      ...ing document and a suite of conceptual diagrams, maps and posters used in the Summit. In addition, we contributed to the story boarding of the three-minute report card video. View of Ohio River from Galt House Hotel, Louisville, KY Heath Kelsey, B...
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