Climate Change and Virtual Posters

Greetings,

We've been busy preparing a spring Virtual Poster Session that's due to launch April 3. We've also published some interesting articles on climate change since the last Full Moon.

The Virtual Poster Session, or VPS, is due to feature more than 20 projects on monitoring forests and ground-level ozone, hydrological modeling, mapping earthquakes and more, with a blogging competition and prizes from our sponsor, Esri Inc.

Please keep an eye out for it on Earthzine.org, or on our Facebook, Twitter and Google+ pages.

The recent climate change articles include:

• A look at "Key phrase trends in climate change research and communication" by Theresa Andersen from University of Georgia

• A report on the iSeeChange radio and online series by Elise Mulder Osenga

• Details on the National Research Council's "National Strategy for Advancing Climate Modeling" from Edward Dunlea, study director, and Chris Bretherton, committee chair.

You can find these articles and more below and on the right. Also check out our recently updated VPS Archive, with previous Virtual Poster Sessions from DEVELOP and other organizations, and Education Page.

Keep reading, and thanks for your support. 

Cheers,

Jeff Kart
Managing Editor

Key phrase trends in climate change research and communication

Words are important. Using ‘climate change’ instead of ‘global warming,’ or vice versa, may not seem that major of a difference. But research shows there is a large gap between usage of the phrases and what is associated with each term.

iSeeChange Turns Citizens into Climate Reporters

iSeeChange is a radio and online series that turns traditional reporting on its head by letting the public drive the stories.

A National Strategy for Advancing Climate Modeling

Climate modeling is a crucial tool that can inform decision-making where billions of dollars — and often public health and safety — are at stake. An expert panel finds significant gaps in U.S. climate modeling infrastructure and outlines a national strategy to help unify climate-modeling efforts and advance the country’s ability to anticipate future change.