This project provides an opportunity for researchers to learn how to discuss their findings with the public and to engage in conversation about some of the issues involving water resources development in India. The goal of this event is to begin to bridge a gap between the research efforts and the motivators behind those efforts…
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THE COLORADO RIVER, A DYING GIANT: A RESTORATION EFFORT IN BAJA CALIFORNIA
Since 2008, the Laguna Grande zone, located in the municipality of Mexicali, in the state of Baja California, México, has been the subject of restoration efforts given the benefits of a lagoons system located along the course of the Colorado River. Those efforts range from the selection of autochthonous species for reforestation to hydrogeological studies…
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EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP AT THE TRUCKEE EARTH DAY – ALEXANDRE MARTINEZ, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE, CA, USA
Alexandre Martinez, University of California, Irvine and team will carry out an outdoor educational workshop on climate change at the 2019 Truckee Earth Day Festival in California. The purpose will be to survey attendees about their knowledge on climate change impacts and then to have educational workshops with interactive data visualizations about climate change impacts…
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ABC EARTH DAY HIKE AND BBQ – MYRIAM TELUS, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ, CA, USA
Myriam Telus, University of California Santa Cruz and team will organize an Earth Day event for the African, Black, and Caribbean (ABC) students and community from the UC, Santa Cruz and Cabrillo Community College. The event will include a guided hike in the Pogonip, as well as a BBQ event including a science and science-fiction…
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JEFFCON 2020 DEMO – PHIL CALLAHAN, MOBALYSIS
This project will design and test a crowdsourced wildfire early-warning system with the help of local high school students recruited from next year's JeffCon STEM event. The system would utilize current home and business security cameras facing high-risk forest area and retrain existing image recognition technology currently used for snowfall totals to recognize smoke plumes…
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2019 ANCHORAGE ARCTIC RESEARCH DAY – ELIZABETH J. (BETSY) TURNER-BOGREN, ARCTIC RESEARCH CONSORTIUM OF THE UNITED STATES
The 2019 Anchorage Arctic Research Day will bring together Arctic researchers from the university, indigenous, federal, state, local, and non-profit entities, as well as members of the interested public in the Anchorage area. Participants will share their scholarship and a forum for participants to develop cross-disciplinary and cross-sector connections that will support expanded collaborations in…
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GEOLYMPICS: DISCOVER EARTH SCIENCE THROUGH SPORTS – MARIA FRANCESCA FERRARIO, UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DELL’INSUBRIA, VARESE
This project will use sport language to discuss topics in Earth science to reach a large public audience in an innovative, unconventional way. Targeting sport fans active on social media, the project will create the hashtag #Geolympics and produce 5-7 articles that link events like the earthquake cycle or storms, to sports like football or…
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THE FUTURE OF NIGER DELTA: BIOREMEDIATION APPLICATION AND AWARENESS – WALIU BABATUNDE, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA
Theft of crude oil, known as bunkering, is a significant problem in Nigeria and threatens biodiversity, food security, and human safety. The project aims to mitigate these threats through a two-part process. The first step will focus on educating communities of the importance of this issue, especially as related to the health of people and…
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SCIENCE SONGWRITING WORKSHOP IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA – SARAH BEATTY, BRG 16, SCHUHMEIERPLATZ, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
The workshop will allow high school students to learn about Earth and Space science topics through the creative, non-traditional learning process of songwriting. At the end of the month-long workshop, the group will produce two songs and students will be paired up to produce an additional 11 co-written songs. The songs will be performed live…
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USING STORIES TO EXCITE STUDENTS ABOUT EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE – LYNN MAYO, REPICTURE ENGINEERING
Using the RePicture app, this program will develop lesson plans that tell the stories of what earth scientists do, illustrate the potential careers in the field and demonstrate their importance. These lessons will be prepared for high school students and will include scientists of all demographics so female students and students of color can see…
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