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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...

Atlantic Estuarine Research Society meeting at St. Mary's College of Maryland

... Maryland , and Walter Boynton from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. Walter told a hilarious story about his first scientific talk at an AERS conference. After Walter finished his career-first presentation, he stepped b...

Countdown to elevator pitch 3…2…1 “GO”

... way we communicated science in order to be successful. We had two options for our presentation: 1) Follow the narrative story telling method (practical; place based) or 2) the logical science communication method ( theoretical ; not place based)....

Co-development of the Belmont Forum synthesis document

...during the workshop, and after the workshop. This is reflected in the evolution of the Synthesis document from a 4 pager storyboard, to a trifold draft, and then to an 8-page final document. It is typical for IAN to have a product (newsl...

The real art of the deal: Lessons in effective science advising

... and an equal hunger for learning and communicating. Science advisers have to learn to combine their knowledge and their story-telling skills to reach a broad audience. (Image Source: Carbon Dating) References 1. Feliú-Mójer, M. (201...

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...

Practical visual literacy for science communication

...anced by mocking up a design in which text and visual elements are laid out as they will appear in the final product. A 'story-board' approach can be used to provide an overall 'look and feel' of a product, as well as identify the various visual e...

Exploring Hawaii: arid zone ecology, vog and volcanoes

...t to the Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site , where Ben Saluda , interpreter for National Park Service, told us the story of the wildfire that passed through the park and led to severe erosion after subsequent rains. We could see tree trunks...

Hawaii ecodrought workshop; trade wind invasions, ridge to reef, endemic species

...eather events, and forest fires. Elliott Parsons introduced us to the Pu'u Wa'awa'a Conservation Area . Elliott told the story of his arrival in 2010 in the midst of a severe drought and raging forest fires. He was able to show us photographs of t...

The first thing people ask: Where is Guam, anyway?

...kshop. The bigger the word, the more times participants mentioned that threat. While threats and values tell part of the story, more key messages came to the surface during the report card storyboarding on the second day. The key takeaways about c...

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...

On the trail of iconic Parisian scientists

...ion on the streets of the Marais " provided me with an insight into the Paris of Lavoisier's time. Bill's blog tells the story of Lavoisier's encounter with an angry mob during the heated days of the French Revolution . I also visited the Musee de...

IAN Returns to Honolulu for the Hawaiian Islands and the Remote Pacific Islands Coral Reef Report Cards Workshops

...Benthic Condition, Climate, and Communities & Management. Other key objectives included identifying the overall story and messages that the report card needs to convey, and if possible, to identify the different regions that should be use...

The Chesapeake Bay and the Baltic Sea: Adapting to Changing Climates in the New World and the Old

...et al. 2014) Maybe the answer as scientists to adapt to these changing climates, literally and figuratively, is not just storytelling, but also marketing. Both HELCOM and the CBP have faced issues with budgets for monitoring3,4. Scientific marketi...

Ecodrought on the east side of the Pacific Northwest

... region. Since we held our first workshop on the west side of the Cascades, we joked that we had received the 'west side story'. Thus, we were in Boise to get the 'east side story'. This reference to the west side story inspired me to adapt the po...

Report cards aren’t just for school anymore

...tems overgrown by algae) plenty of life can be present, but it may not be the type of life we desire. At this point in history, all ecological systems are somewhat managed. Should we focus on making them productive for our means, or on returning t...

Speaking (scientific) truth to power through storytelling: using lessons from the past and examples from the present to plan for the future

Speaking (scientific) truth to power through storytelling: using lessons from the past and examples from the present to plan for the future ... Kavya Pradhan and Alterra S...

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

...cept to structure narratives, and the workshop participants quickly adapted their research concepts into this format. We storyboarded the workshop newsletter before breaking up. We were impressed with the Hill Library, but the workshop participant...

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...

Multiple stressors threaten the imperiled coastal foundation species eelgrass (Zostera marina) in Chesapeake Bay, USA

...a) abundance in Chesapeake Bay, USA, one of the largest and most valuable estuaries in the world, with an unparalleled history of regulatory efforts. We show that eelgrass area has declined 29% in total since 1991, with wide-ranging and severe eco...

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