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A report from the Stockholm Dialogue on Global Sustainability

Below is a guest post from Megan Meacham, a former Masters student at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, on the final day of the recent Stockholm Nobel laureate symposium. The final day of the symposium, titled The Stockholm Dialogue on Global … Continue reading

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Communciating science effectively or Dude, you are speaking Romulan

Sustainability and resilience are trans-disciplinary research areas that require communication among people from many different backgrounds.  Communication benefits from being clear, and avoiding unnecessary jargon.  Sometimes making the efforts to articulate thoughts clearly can significantly advance disciplinary knowledge. Chemical oceanographer … Continue reading

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Ecology and Wikipedia pt 2

To follow up on my post Wikipedia and ecology, the ESA blog EcoTone has posted an interview with the authors of the recent TREE paper on wikipedia (DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2009.01.003): Why don’t you think more scientists contribute to Wikipedia? EB: I know … Continue reading

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Wikipedia and Ecology

Journal Watch Online reports on a recent TREE paper Callis et al Improving Wikipedia: educational opportunity and professional responsibility (DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2009.01.003 ) in Open Source Ecology A University of Florida professor directed those energies towards a more noble cause: surveying and … Continue reading

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