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May 15, 20197 min read
Arguing for the 40-Hour Work Week by Ginny Catania
Dr. Ginny Catania is a professor at the University of Texas, Austin. She is a glaciologist with her research focusing on what makes large...
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Feb 12, 20193 min read
Diversity and Inclusion in the Polar Sciences
On December 10th, 2018 USAPECS held a panel on Diversity and Inclusion in the Polar Sciences at the 2018 American Geophysical Union Fall...
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Nov 26, 20183 min read
USAPECS to host a panel on diversity and inclusion at the AGU Fall Meeting
USAPECS is excited to announce an Early Career Panel on Diversity and Inclusion in the Polar Sciences at the 100th Annual AGU Fall...
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Sep 17, 20181 min read
2018 Polar Film Festival!
Happy Polar Week! The US APECS Board as been busy planning and curating films for this year's Polar Film Festival, and we are happy to...
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Aug 1, 20184 min read
Balancing Act: How to maintain a positive public blogging presence whilst encountering challenges in
Antarctica is a beautiful but harsh continent. No matter your training or preparation, the cold, wind and snow makes delays and...
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Jul 15, 20185 min read
Practicing your way to effective science communication
The alarmist approach to conveying science doesn’t really work for me: The earth is warming, glaciers are melting, all the phytoplankton...
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Jul 1, 20186 min read
On the Organisation of Climate Change Outreach Events
I am Sarah Mercer, a Research Masters student in Geography and Archaeology at Durham University, UK. I have been lucky enough to have...
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Jun 15, 20187 min read
Finding Your Voice: Public Speaking and the Communication of Science
Public speaking is probably one of the most valuable skills that we can develop. World leaders in business, politics, and law have...
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Jun 1, 20184 min read
Communicating science from the field through the Follow a Researcher® Program
I am a doctoral student of glaciology at the University of Maine and my main research project focuses on ice shelf break up processes in...
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May 15, 20183 min read
Making Science Communication Training More Widely Available and Practical
Join an upcoming webinar hosted by IARPC to learn about future online science communication training opportunities...
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May 15, 20181 min read
Upcoming Webinar: Science Communication Lightning Talks
Attend the webinar put on by IARPC on May 22, 2018 (16:00 UTC) about effective science communication, and how you can most effectively...
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May 1, 20183 min read
Communicating Science Through Art
My name is Jill Pelto, I am a Masters student at the University of Maine in the Earth and Climate Sciences Department, and I work in the...
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Apr 6, 20185 min read
Telling People About the Stuff You Study
Effective communication of science to a wide audience is arguably as important as the science itself, although it receives less attention...
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Apr 1, 20181 min read
Science Communication Blog Series
Over the next several months USAPECS will be launching a blog series focusing on effective science communication. Posts within the series...
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Jan 14, 20184 min read
Making Your Communication More Effective: Lessons from the USAPECS polar science communication works
Danya AbdelHameid (left) and Sasha Leidman practice sharing and explaining their research to people who may not have a background in...
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Jul 31, 20171 min read
Announcing Polar Film Fest 2017!
Following the success of last year’s Polar Film Fest 2016, US APECS is organizing of the second-ever Polar Film Fest, which will take...
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Jan 7, 20178 min read
Recapping the APECS-AGU Cryosphere Career Panel: Applying for the Next Step
L-R: Dr. Asa Rennermalm, Dr. Twila Moon, Dr. Bob Rich, and Dr. Sophie Nowicki at the APECS-AGU Cryosphere Careers Panel, December 14,...
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Oct 17, 20162 min read
Sharing Science with the Virtual Polar Film Fest
During Polar Weeks, which are week-long polar events held around the solar equinoxes, APECS members get creative about sharing science...
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