Balancing Act: How to maintain a positive public blogging presence whilst encountering challenges in
Antarctica is a beautiful but harsh continent. No matter your training or preparation, the cold, wind and snow makes delays and...
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Jul 15, 20185 min read
Practicing your way to effective science communication
The alarmist approach to conveying science doesn’t really work for me: The earth is warming, glaciers are melting, all the phytoplankton...
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Jul 1, 20186 min read
On the Organisation of Climate Change Outreach Events
I am Sarah Mercer, a Research Masters student in Geography and Archaeology at Durham University, UK. I have been lucky enough to have...
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Jun 15, 20187 min read
Finding Your Voice: Public Speaking and the Communication of Science
Public speaking is probably one of the most valuable skills that we can develop. World leaders in business, politics, and law have...
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Jun 1, 20184 min read
Communicating science from the field through the Follow a Researcher® Program
I am a doctoral student of glaciology at the University of Maine and my main research project focuses on ice shelf break up processes in...
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May 15, 20183 min read
Making Science Communication Training More Widely Available and Practical
Join an upcoming webinar hosted by IARPC to learn about future online science communication training opportunities...
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May 15, 20181 min read
Upcoming Webinar: Science Communication Lightning Talks
Attend the webinar put on by IARPC on May 22, 2018 (16:00 UTC) about effective science communication, and how you can most effectively...
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May 1, 20183 min read
Communicating Science Through Art
My name is Jill Pelto, I am a Masters student at the University of Maine in the Earth and Climate Sciences Department, and I work in the...
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Apr 6, 20185 min read
Telling People About the Stuff You Study
Effective communication of science to a wide audience is arguably as important as the science itself, although it receives less attention...
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Apr 1, 20181 min read
Science Communication Blog Series
Over the next several months USAPECS will be launching a blog series focusing on effective science communication. Posts within the series...
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Jan 14, 20184 min read
Making Your Communication More Effective: Lessons from the USAPECS polar science communication works
Danya AbdelHameid (left) and Sasha Leidman practice sharing and explaining their research to people who may not have a background in...
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Jul 31, 20171 min read
Announcing Polar Film Fest 2017!
Following the success of last year’s Polar Film Fest 2016, US APECS is organizing of the second-ever Polar Film Fest, which will take...
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Jan 7, 20178 min read
Recapping the APECS-AGU Cryosphere Career Panel: Applying for the Next Step
L-R: Dr. Asa Rennermalm, Dr. Twila Moon, Dr. Bob Rich, and Dr. Sophie Nowicki at the APECS-AGU Cryosphere Careers Panel, December 14,...
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Oct 17, 20162 min read
Sharing Science with the Virtual Polar Film Fest
During Polar Weeks, which are week-long polar events held around the solar equinoxes, APECS members get creative about sharing science...
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Sep 20, 20161 min read
Day 2 of polar week!
We had some great films yesterday. Join us today for #PolarFilmFest for Partly Frozen, Mostly Cute: polar ecology and biology. Today is...
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Sep 19, 20161 min read
It's day 1 of Polar Week!
The Polar Film Fest starts today - check out films on all aspects of the Frozen World.
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Jul 21, 20162 min read
USAPECS Work-Life Panel Summary (from IGS @ La Jolla)
Work-life balance is something most scientists, researchers, and professionals struggle with. Some people even call it an oxymoron....
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Jun 13, 20163 min read
Minutes from USAPECS Board Meeting
On June 7, the USAPECS Board held its summer 2016 meeting. The minutes are below. 1) Reporting to & getting help from APECS (recap of NC...
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