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    A Scientist's Take: Lessons Learned From Communications Training

    August 27 2019
    By Evelyn Beaury, crossposted from That's Life Science (thatslifesci.com), banner image courtesy of Evelyn Beaury My lessons learned from NNOCCI’s keys to successful climate change conversations - let’s solve this together! With such a...

  • The Science of Extremes

    by Richelle Tanner, July 10 2019
    Extreme is a word that can send a climate communicator directly into the swamp : the word extreme is inherently a bit alarming, and vague enough to warrant a multi-sentence qualification when you use it. Even scientists disagree on what this word...

  • Sea Slugs Make Climate Evolutionary Choices

    by Richelle Tanner, July 01 2019
    By: Richelle Tanner Nudibranchs are a type of sea slug known for their beautiful colors and curious incorporation of other animals and plants into their own bodies (e.g. using plant chloroplasts to photosynthesize, incorporating toxins into...

  • Connecting Higher Ed. And Public Education

    by Richelle Tanner, May 09 2019
    Public and higher education traditionally exist in separate spheres. And for good reason – there are different assumptions of prior knowledge, and different goals for informal educators vs. academic researchers. However, when it comes to highly...

  • Climate Emotions: Helpless Or Hopeful?

    by Heidi Zamzow, April 17 2019
    With the recent IPCC warning that we may have perhaps a dozen years before we encounter severe and irreversible impacts of climate change, it comes as little surprise that a recent survey* in climate communications research indicates 7 in 10 people ...

  • Rosemary Mosco: Climate Illustration

    by Allison Arteaga, March 18 2019 | 1 comment
    A comic that circulated through social media this past month spread hope on climate change to thousands and was inspired by the artist’s connections to the National Network for Ocean & Climate Change Interpretation ( NNOCCI ). “Climate Worries” a...

  • Communicating Climate in Higher Education

    by Heidi Zamzow, November 13 2018
    Many of us who trained as marine scientists went into our field because we wanted not only to study the ocean, but to protect it — and to inspire others to do so as well. We reasoned that, if we just provided people with information, they would change...

  • Climate Science Sources for the Non-Scientist

    by Sarah-Mae Nelson, MS, CIG/CIT, September 23 2018
      Living in the Information Age, it is often overwhelming to search for information you need and knowing it is a trustworthy source. This is especially true for climate related science information for communicators to reach broad public audiences....

  • Global Climate Action Summit Recap

    by Allison Arteaga, September 20 2018
    One week ago, leaders from around the world gathered in San Francisco for the Global Climate Action Summit to celebrate efforts to curb fossil fuel emissions and to step up ambitions to meet the targets set forth by the Paris Agreement. Attendees at...

  • Of Penguins & Solar Panels

    by Billy Spitzer, August 28 2018
    (Example of an interpretive climate change message using Strategic Framing excerpted from a commencement   speech for the Harvard Extention School Museum Studies Program) Here’s a surprising penguin fact: much like our own communities, African...

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