Tag Archives: #scicomm

This. Is. Not. Science’s. Job.

Posted on August 16, 2019 by ...and Then There's Physics

My title is a paraphrase of something Michael Tobis said during the marathon Twitter discussion about RCP8.5, which I thought I would use to discuss something about science communication that I’ve mentioned a number of times before. During the RCP8.5 … Continue reading →

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Scientists need to….

Posted on July 22, 2018 by ...and Then There's Physics

There was a recent article by Roger Highfield called Scientists need to ditch tribalism and stop shouting down outsiders. It was mostly an interesting interview with Hannah Fry who said I think that scientists and science supporters often close ranks … Continue reading →

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Political Scientists

Posted on February 14, 2018 by ...and Then There's Physics

Gavin Schmidt had a bit of a rant on Twitter about some political scientists find[ing] ways to blame climate scientists for the lack of progress in CO2 emission reductions. We should dedicate February as #findaclimatescapegoat month as yet again some … Continue reading →

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SciComm for the IPCC

Posted on February 3, 2018 by ...and Then There's Physics

There is a newly released Communications Handbook for IPCC scientists. It’s already been covered in a Guardian article and in a Realclimate post. There are six basic principles Be a confident communicator Talk about the real world, not abstract ideas … Continue reading →

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Science communication – again

Posted on December 1, 2017 by ...and Then There's Physics

There are a number of possible things to write about, but I thought I might have a brief rant about a topic I find of interest. A tweet by David Roberts (who I mostly like) caused a bit of a … Continue reading →

Posted in ClimateBall, Research, Science, Scientists, The scientific method | Tagged , , , , , | 76 Comments

Climate communication

Posted on June 11, 2017 by ...and Then There's Physics

Doug McNeall recently gave a talk about surviving the climate communication environment, which he discusses in this post. A lightly edited version of the slides are available here. The slides, of course, don’t tell you precisely what was said in … Continue reading →

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