Category Archives: Public Engagement & Policy

            Rachel Woods-Robinson, Monica Morales Masis and Rebecca Saive, Earth and space scientists, joined by mathematician Lennart Bastian, are crossing the Netherlands, sharing their love of solar science with Dutch students along the way. Meet the team, find out more about the dye-sensitized solar cells, and read up on past…

This outreach program will raise climate change awareness in public secondary schools across Lagos State through discussion and handbooks. It will also engage with local communities on the environmental and economic impacts of climate change and sea rise. The program will train students and communities on climate change mitigation and weather forecasting to help communities…

This project will share the results of ongoing lightning research, called "Lightning Attachment to Tall Structures in the Energy Industry". Lightning attachment - the process by which lightning "decides" where to strike - is not well understood. "Tall Structures" have recently become a larger problem as wind turbines suffer significant downtimes from lightning strikes and…

Far from sight, familiarity and experience of most people, the polar regions are changing faster than any other ecosystem on the planet due to anthropogenic climate change. This program will combine mediums of poetry, haiku, and video to help the public better understand these environmental complexities and connections that foreshadow changes to come. Building directly…

This outreach program will highlight the impacts of climate change to fisheries and the adaptive mechanisms that can be used to mitigate these impacts in the native language of the local population. Continuing ocean acidification will affect sustainability of fisheries, which many coastal communities rely on. Transferring this scientific information is complicated by a lack…

This project will support the “Volcanoes of Utah: Macro to Micro Scale” photo exhibit sponsored by the Davis ArtsCouncil in Davis County, Utah, displayed from June-September 2020. The exhibit will bring public awareness about the geology of Utah beyond that typically seen by visitors and will feature approximately 20 original photos of aerial views, hand…

Mangroves play an important part in the ecosystem but have faced pressures and threats leading to great losses. This project will work with students and locals in Togo to educate them on the usefulness of mangroves and the role they play in climate change mitigation and adaptation. This will set the scene for discouraging destruction…

This program will organize the first nationwide Earth and Space Science Camp in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. The camp will bring together professors, researchers, students and interested people to learn about, discuss and celebrate Earth and space science. Discussions and debates will focus on the impact of Earth and space science for the country’s…

Exploration is the distinguishing factor of Earth and space science, capturing the public’s interest. The goal of this project is to develop a broad, basic knowledge of the earth and space sciences among local communities and enhance their interest in Earth and space science. Through this program, local communities will better understand how Earth and…

This program will allow the public, including the local community as well as tourists, to better understand and relate to the work that has been done to prevent and predict natural phenomena in Puerto Vallarta. Conducted alongside UGM’s meeting, there will be hands-on activities, experiments, demonstrations and talks to present science being conducted in Mexico…