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19 March 2021
#AntarcticLog: What’s the Ecostat?
As promised, I’m back with more of that invisible science. That’s what the Antarctic Artists and Writers program of the National Science Foundation sent me to Palmer Station to do: take a close look at invisible phytoplankton and create pictures to tell their story.
16 March 2021
The Power of Data-Driven Storytelling for Atmospheric Science
“Science is hard.” How many times have you heard that? Whether it be from students, friends, or family, a common misconception amongst people who don’t spend all their time doing science is that, well, its hard. Sure, sometimes it is, but where did this misconception come from?
12 March 2021
#AntarcticLog: Antarctic Service Medal
Last week I received a special package in the mail: my Antarctic Service Medal, made for my contribution to U.S. efforts to understand the continent — and the planet.
#RhymeYourResearch: Carbon, You’re Key
Recently, I have been homeschooling one of my children. We got onto a geology kick while digging up various rocks on our walks in the woods. To better understand what we were finding, I read through a rocks and minerals handbook.
5 March 2021
#AntarcticLog: Sanna’s Reindeer
Sanna Vannar is the president of Sáminuorro, the Swedish Association of Young Saami. The Saami people span four nations: Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Russia. Sanna’s family have been reindeer herders for generations, which puts them in a unique position to evaluate the reindeer’s response to the changing northern climate.
3 March 2021
#DrawnToGeoscience: Inspiration in Geoscience
For me, combining science & art always made natural sense. My foray into deliberately combining them came in junior high & high school when I delved into a 3-year long self-directed investigation into “What makes rocks ring?”.
26 February 2021
#AntarcticLog: Canaries in the Coal Mine
When it come to climate change and its impact on the animal world, there’s more than one “canary in the coal mine.” To mix a few potent metaphors, the dominoes are falling — and, if it’s true that God is in the details, it’s fair to say that individual animals help tell the story. As I work to make climate change science accessible and comprehensible through #AntarcticLog, I’ve found myself leaning on keystone species. The assortment featured here tell separate stories about the effects of global warming, and they add up to a clear picture of what’s happening.
19 February 2021
#AntarcticLog: Ivan the Terrabus
Finally, lest you think my life is all blissful polar adventure, let me share a regret: I have not yet ridden in Ivan the Terrabus, the most excellent vehicle that carries people from the airstrip to the home-away-from-home known as Mactown — McMurdo Station.
12 February 2021
#AntarcticLog: Antarctic Classics
Who’s reading #AntarcticLog comics? Lots of different people actually. At first I thought it was just my friends and family, but as I began to cover the work of particular scientists, it caught the attention of the science community, as well. Science communicators paid attention, and — sure enough — Antarctica worked its magic on the general population, especially teachers and their students.
5 February 2021
#AntarcticLog: Not the antarctic
As I studied up on phytoplankton, the subject of my team’s research at Palmer, I recalled an earlier trip, in the Arctic, where I had the chance to see diatoms unknown to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute scientist Sam Laney running the Imaging Flow Cytobot as we traveled through the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas.
The Plainspoken Scientist is the science communication blog of AGU’s Sharing Science program. With this blog, we wish to showcase creative and effective science communication via multiple mediums and modes.
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