Core research programs and key imperatives are stressed in a new report by the National Science Foundation’s Advisory Committee for the Geosciences.
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Travel Fellowship Helps Early Career Scientists and Students
Berkner Fellowship opens up opportunities for early career scientists and students.
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Supporting Young Geoscientists at Fall Meeting
Three events for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students will occur at the 2014 AGU Fall Meeting.
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Women Count
The gender imbalance that exists in science is easily perpetuated and is harmful to our community as a whole.
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Scientists and Reporters Just Want to Get to the Bottom of It All
A paleoclimatologist reflects on her summer as a science reporter at the Los Angeles Times as part of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media Fellowship program.
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The Language of Science and Communication with Congress
Want to talk about science with Congress? Here are some communication tips from a Congresswoman.
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Reply [to "Comment on 'Color Schemes for Improved Data Graphics,' by A. Light and P. J. Bartlein"]
By calling attention to the perception of data graphics among color-impaired readers, we hoped to raise awareness of an even more prevalent phenomenon: the misuse of spectral, or “rainbow,” color schemes. David B. Stephenson is quite right regarding the incidence of different forms of color-vision impairment, which varies among racial and ethnic groups and is […]
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Comment on "Color Schemes for Improved Data Graphics," by A. Light and P. J. Bartlein
As a color-blind climatologist, I very much appreciated the important color-awareness issues raised by A. Light and P. J. Bartlein in their recent Eos article titled “The End of the Rainbow? Color Schemes for Improved Data Graphics,” (85(40), 5 October 2004, p. 385). Meteorological and climate information is frequently communicated in the form of highly […]
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The End of the Rainbow? Color Schemes for Improved Data Graphics
Here's a simple guide to creating engaging, easy-to-read graphics to accompany your research.