Science

October 15, 2021

Investigative Partners: How Journalists & Scientists Can Team Up

Join Planet Forward, George Washington's National Geographic Professor of Science Communication Lisa Palmer, and Molly Bingham and Victoria Fine of Orb Media for a virtual workshop for students about how journalists and scientists can forge collaborative partnerships to both gather and report on new scientific findings. 1:00 p.m. ET.

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"Climate Scientists Created a SWAT Team for Weather Disasters"

"When weather disaster strikes, observers near and far ask the same question: Climate change—is it or isn’t it?" "Friederike Otto and her colleagues jump into action during heat waves, floods, and fires to pinpoint if global warming is to blame."

Source: Bloomberg Green, 10/08/2021

New Landsat 9 Offers Variety of Resource Stories

The launch of NASA’s new Landsat Earth-observing satellite is a reminder to reporters that millions of images from over five decades can help unearth many environmental trends, whether deforestation, coastal erosion, suburban sprawl or wildfire impacts. The new Reporter’s Toolbox explains how the service works and how to access the resource, along with examples of prize-winning stories.

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How Climate Attribution Science Went Mainstream, and What It Means

A growing body of research shows the links between global warming and extreme weather. And that knowledge can help communities prepare, and assign responsibility for damages. Veteran climate journalist Bob Berwyn lays out the science of climate attribution — for heat waves, flooding, wildfires and, ironically, crop-killing freezes — and discusses its implications for future climate change policy.

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October 5, 2021

Wild Deep Yonder: Covering Piracy, Overfishing, Mining and Other Crises Above and Below the Surface

Join National Geographic's Douglas Main for a Kavli Conversation, hosted by NYU’s Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program, with award-winning investigative reporter Ian Urbina, formerly of the New York Times, and marine biologist/author Helen Scales. 6:30-8:00 p.m. ET. Free registration required.

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Cowabunga: "Scientists Drove A Robotic Surfboard Into Hurricane Sam"

"Scientists with Saildrone and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration managed to drive a robotic surfboard into the core of Category 4 Hurricane Sam on Thursday, in a first-of-its-kind scientific mission as they try to better understand hurricanes."

Source: Washington Post, 10/01/2021

"EPA's 'Scientific Integrity' Program Lacks Teeth, Group Alleges"

"Insiders at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have alleged dozens of violations of the agency's "scientific integrity" policy over the last few years, including complaints of political interference and tampering with chemical risk assessments, but nearly all the complaints have been ignored, according to an analysis conducted by a nonprofit group representing EPA employees."

Source: EHN, 09/30/2021

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