But Pedro, how do you go about understanding a system without, either
formally or informally, generating and testing hypotheses? If I observe
that caterpillars are eating daisies and catbirds are eating caterpillars,
my mind automatically thinks, Hmm, maybe the catbird population density
affects
Although I am inclined to agree that most of the recent warming has a
strong anthropogenic signature, I looked at the abstract of the Journal of
Climate article (I don't have access to the full article) and don't see
how you can definitely conclude that the post 1950s warming is
significantly
No argument, Martin. The caterpillars are eating daisies and
catbirds are eating caterpillars was the beginning of understanding the nature
of the interactions in the field. But, I simply suggest that the field
observations are likely to be the preferred basis upon which to
Dear all,
A postdoc opportunity on remote sensing of chlorophyll fluorescence @FU
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Regards,
Based on several field seasons of success by my colleagues with this set
up, I'm going to implement field data collection on iPod Touches this
summer. iPod Touches are relatively cheap and the functionality for what I
need is good. I think glare might be an issue we will have to deal with.
The
Martin,Good point - of course all good science is hypothesis driven ... but I
am sure that nobody wants the literature flooded with the thousands of
hypotheses that go through my mind when I'm in the field or laboratory. Most of
these informal hypotheses are unreasonable, silly, confused, and
So I ask, should scientists start communicating more to the general
public; and would communicating more to
the general public be more of a benefit to our society than increasing our
publication record?
Journalists grab their soundbite, run with it, and completely misrepresent
the science paper,
Posting this for Karen:
Martin, Questions are great. From my perspective, asking first about
which other species are present and what they are doing would lead to
a broader view of the community at large and lead to more meaningful
specific hypotheses about the interaction you initially
I think that scientists should make use of people who are well versed in both
science and communications. I also think that scientists should be very
careful about stretching the truth if they get involved in advocacy. I think
that there is a habit among some NGOs and environmental advocates
I have an iphone that I use in the field all the time. I haven't used it
for data entry, although that is something I would be interested in
exploring. I have heard that LogMeIn can be used to access data files on a
PC so that data entry can be done in the field directly into an excel file,
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Basil Iannone bian...@uic.edu wrote:
So I ask, should scientists start communicating more to the general
public;
A recent study (Brulle et al. in press, below) shows that U.S. public
opinion on climate change is little influenced by access to scientific
Just so people know -- this article is not free for download. You will be
asked to pay $35 USD.
On May 17, 2012, at 8:52 AM, Chris Merkord wrote:
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Basil Iannone bian...@uic.edu wrote:
So I ask, should scientists start communicating more to the general
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Chris,
Good point. The media is looking for a story that will sell, which in the
case of science is not often the case (sorry folks, not everyone finds our
research as interesting as we do). I wasn't suggesting that we talk to the
media more, but perhaps communicate more directly to the general
I also plan to take the train from Los Angeles, largely because it's a
beautiful route and train trips are fun.
Jane
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Jorge Ramos jramo...@asu.edu wrote:
Hello ESA 2012 participants,
The ESA Student Section is happy to announce that one of its members,
Andrew
This August, the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) will
coordinate the 4th Annual Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits
event. This national initiative encourages members of the science community to
meet with their elected officials. Unlike other efforts to educate
Hello Jorge,
riding a train cross-country is extremely enjoyable, affords time for
oneself and is also a great gesture.
But at the same time, unfortunately it is time consuming (5 days from
Miami to Portland one way, difficult to take that much time off for,
especially for those with
Fisheries and Oceans Canada staff are today being informed of the
decision of the Government of Canada to close operations at the
Experimental Lakes Area in Kenora, Ontario. In its decision, the
Government has said that whole lake manipulative experiments are better
carried out by universities
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