Depending on who you ask, citizen science has been around since Whewell’s Great Tide Experiments of the 1830s, or perhaps Audubon’s first Christmas Bird Count in 1900. However, it was not until 1989 that the term “citizen science” was first used, in an article in the MIT Technology Review, to describe partnerships between scientists and Read More …
Category: Environment
The Fallacy of the Cognitive Fix
I was once tasked with spearheading the NC Museum of Natural Sciences’ “Arctic Sea Ice Day,” an event meant to draw attention to the dwindling summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. Our goal: communicate what’s causing the loss and what can be done about it. So I hauled up our taxidermy polar bear, got Read More …
Carbon Neutral: Jurassic Park [Podcast]
I was a guest on the Carbon Neutral podcast to talk about the science behind Jurassic Park. Check it out and subscribe to Carbon Neutral if you like it!
Community Perceptions VS. Solar Power
I live in a sunny state. I wanted to find out why we don’t have solar panels everywhere. So I went to a solar farm down the road, asked some questions, and poked around online. This is what I found.
Red Wolf Re-Introduction Program: Muzzled?
The politics are complicated around protecting North Carolina’s red wolves– the most endangered canines on earth. What’s the status of the conservation program? Will wolf howls ever ring through the American South again?