The 12 day “Walk the Talk” trek through Sagarmatha National Park was designed to discuss the results of a diverse range of research in the region with local communities and officials. Topics covered glaciers, mountains, environmental and landscape change, Sherpa livelihoods, tourism, and natural hazards, and were presented by a team of international and Nepali…
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GIRLS IN SPACE AT THE ARECIBO OBSERVATORY-ALESSANDRA PACINI, ARECIBO UNIVERSITY, PUERTO RICO
This outreach event on International Day for Women and Girls in Science (11 February 2019) will bring 100 female students from Puerto Rican schools to the Arecibo Observatory’s Science and Visitor Center (S&VC) to have a VIP backstage experience and participate on a workshop about the role of Women in Space Science. The event will…
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GIRLS SCIENCE DAY IN MALAWI, AFRICA–ROCHELLE HOLM, MZUZU UNIVERSITY, MALAWI
Congratulations to Rochelle Holm on completing a series of 4 Science Clinics for Girls in 2019! There is a gap in STEM towards long-term development and economic drivers in sub-Saharan Africa (Blom et al., 2016). The gap in STEM starts early in the Malawi, Africa, educational system, as up until 4th grade, there are no…
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CLIMATE WARRIOR COLLECTIVE – SHAYNA SKOLNIK, FOUNDER OF THE CLIMATE WARRIOR COLLECTIVE, MARYLAND, USA
Using a series of immersive virtual reality (VR) 360 video shorts, Climate Warrior Collective aims to help people understand the effects of climate change, how these effects are corroborated by data, and to urge people to think about how we can adapt to our changing world. By linking climate data to 360 video footage, this…
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HIGHER GROUND – A CLIMATE CHANGE RELOCATION CLINIC – HARRIET FESTING, ANTHROPOCENE ALLIANCE, FLORIDA, USA
Anthropocene Alliance will host a series of public events, one in each of seven historically marginalized coastal communities, to help launch, celebrate and inform the public about our new project, Higher Ground. Developed in collaboration with the Thriving Earth Exchange (TEX), Higher Ground is a science-based clinic to help flood survivors affected by climate change,…
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SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ART, AND MATHEMATICS (STEAM) FAIR – NICOLA WEISS, STEM EDUCATION ADVOCATE, CALIFORNIA, USA
In March 2019, we are hosting our 3rd Annual Sustainable STEAM Fair. Our team decided that the time had come to bring a STEAM Fair to the community in order to educate families, students, and parents about the roles STEAM has played in their lives and how STEAM Education can impact their future studies. We…
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MARS ON THE MALL – JONATHON HILL, MARS MISSION PLANNER AND GRADUATE STUDENT, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, ARIZONA, USA
The 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft’s THEMIS camera has acquired images of Mars for more than 16 years. Twenty-four thousand high-quality images have been compiled into a global mosaic and printed at full resolution on a walkable basketball court-size vinyl mat. The goal will be to display this giant map of Mars on the National Mall…
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VIRTUAL REALITY EXPLORATION OF COASTAL FLOODING -TINA KORANI, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MEDIA DESIGN, SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA, USA
We are visualizing an historical flood in a photorealistic environment using a virtual reality (VR) headset as well as its projected level with different level of sea level rise. Our pilot study will be Balboa Island of Newport Beach, a coastal city in South California, that has experienced nuisance floodings regularly as well as a…
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ARCTIC FUTURES: SCIENCE & POLICY COLLABORATIONS – BRENDAN KELLY, PROFESSOR OF MARINE BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, USA
The Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) and its partners are designing a novel conference to foster collaborative relationships between Arctic scientists, indigenous knowledge holders, and policy makers. The conference will be held on 4-6 September 2019 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC. The conference will highlight the shared value of informing…
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PLANETEANDO – BERNARDO BASTIEN, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, CALIFORNIA, USA; MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Planeteando is a multi-media platform of Earth Science communication directed to a wide audience of Spanish speaking adolescents and young adults. The core of Planeteando is the YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/planeteando) where we post weekly videos related to the science behind geophysical phenomena and their implications to society. We have a written blog where geoscientists and…
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