I concur with Andrew. Great to see Ken doing this. It's both a responsibility AND opportunity, particularly given the shrinking mainstream science media.
Two relevant pieces: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/filling-the-science-communication-gap/ http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/the-changing-communication-climate/ On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Andrew Lockley <andrew.lock...@gmail.com>wrote: > Peeps can subscribe to Ken's channel on this link > http://www.youtube.com/user/CarnegieGlobEcology?feature=watch > > It would be great to see other researchers set up channels like this to > explain their work using videos. It's a good way of promoting our science > for policymakers, general public, teachers and other scientists. Maybe > researchers with blogs, YouTube channels, twitter feeds and facebook pages > can post them in a reply? > > If we want to put the science back into the public discourse, we have to > reach out directly to the public into through social media. I work > professionally in this field, and it's amazing how much publicity you can > get with little time or effort. I helped a friend set up a youtube channel > for a fairly obscure health topic, and she got ~10,000 views a year for her > ~20 videos - and they were just interview style videos done with no special > equipment. If anyone wants some help or advice with this kind of thing, > just get in touch. > > I can't stress how important it is for us to reach out. We can't rely on > Fox News to do it, and the public doesn't read Nature. > > A > > > On 1 March 2012 19:34, Ken Caldeira <kcalde...@carnegie.stanford.edu>wrote: > >> Climate sensitivity and effectiveness of solar radiation management: Dr. >> Katharine L. Ricke http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvUUup0mMU4 >> >> Katharine L. Ricke, Dan Rowlands, William J. Ingram, David W. Keith and >> M. Granger Morgan.(2011). Effectiveness of stratospheric solar radiation >> management as a function of climate sensitivity. Nature Climate Change, 2: >> 92-96. >> >> >> http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate1328.html >> >> (paper attached) >> _______________ >> Ken Caldeira >> >> Carnegie Institution Dept of Global Ecology >> 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305 USA >> +1 650 704 7212 kcalde...@carnegie.stanford.edu >> http://dge.stanford.edu/labs/caldeiralab @kencaldeira >> >> *YouTube:* >> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9LaYCbYCxo>Climate change and the >> transition from coal to low-carbon >> electricity<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9LaYCbYCxo> >> Crop yields in a geoengineered >> climate<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0LCXNoIu-c> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "geoengineering" group. >> To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "geoengineering" group. > To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. > -- *_* * * ANDREW C. REVKIN Dot Earth blogger, The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/dotearth Senior Fellow, Pace Acad. for Applied Env. Studies Cell: 914-441-5556 Fax: 914-989-8009 Twitter: @revkin Skype: Andrew.Revkin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
