Earth’s Changing Climate Proposal - NSF solicitation 11-546
In 2012-2016, in partnership with the GIS software leader ESRI, the American Geophysical Union, the National Science Teachers Association, the National Earth Science Teachers Association - and leading climate scientists and communicators on a special Climate Advisory Committee - EarthSky proposes to collaborate with U.S. scientists to present climate issues, while contributing to the informal science education infrastructure. EarthSky will implement, study efficacy via formative evaluations and improve a prototype of a new map-based website at climate.earthsky.org. Two full-scale versions of the website – one in English, one in Spanish - will pinpoint locations of climate change, and allow scientists to convey to the public clear information about climate research. These websites will use a form of geolocation - a map-based presentation, similar to that on Google Earth, but made possible by a voluntary contribution from ESRI - as a tool for conveying climate information. The websites will also contain news feeds and user-generated content. EarthSky – “a clear voice for science” - is an award-winning informal science education company that has worked with scientists since 1991 to produce stories for widely heard daily media broadcasts and the Internet.
Media Examples
English
Video // Janine Benyus: Biomimicry is innovation inspired by nature
Janine Benyus helped bring the word biomimicry into 21st century vocabularies. What is biomimicry? Read this interview, or watch the video, to find out.
Audio // Cynthia Rosenzweig on climate change and cities
Rosenzweig talked about how climate change will affect – and is already affecting – many of the world’s most important cities.
Audio // Richard Alley on abrupt climate change
EarthSky spoke with Richard Alley, a Penn State geologist and winner of a 2011 Heinz Award for his work on abrupt climate change.
Spanish
Video // Daniel Ruiz Carrascal: Impactos del cambio climático en los páramos
Daniel Ruiz Carrascal estudia los efectos del cambio climático en los páramos, la fuente principal de agua de mucha gente que vive en el norte de Sudamérica.
Audio // Claire Parkinson: El impacto de la perdida del hielo marino
Claire Parkinson de la NASA dijo que la Tierra está perdiendo su cobertura de hielo del océano. Eso podría significar que la Tierra se calentará aún más.
Audio // Adrián Quijada-Mascareñas: Los ecosistemas de las islas del cielo
El ecologista Adrian Quijada-Mascareñas estudia el delicado y singular ecosistema de las islas del cielo, escondido en las montañas de Arizona.
Science Adviory Committee
Dr. Susana Adamo of Center for International Earth Science Information Network at Columbia University is a scientist with expertise on possible effects of climate change on human populations. [View CV]
Andrew Bleeker was Director of Internet Advertising for the Obama campaign in 2008 (history’s largest political online marketing operation) and helped build change.gov, launched the day after Obama’s election. He will contribute insight on how to reach Americans online. [View CV]
Dr. William L. Chameides is Dean and Nicholas Professor of the Environment in the Earth & Ocean Sciences Department at Duke University. He is an expert in global, regional, and urban-scale environmental change; causes, impacts, and paths toward sustainable development. [View CV]
Dr. Kerry Cook is a climate modeler in the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research centers on improving our physical understanding of climate variability and climate change to improve prediction on all time scales. [View CV]
Dr. Thomas Delworth is a Research Scientist and Group Leader in the Climate Change, Variability and Prediction Group at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL). Interests include climate change timescales and the role of the ocean in climate variability. [View CV]
Dr. Wayne Hoyer is Chair of the Marketing Department at McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include consumer information processing and decision-making, customer relationship management and new product development. [View CV]
Davis Matson is a marketing expert focused on youth culture, branding, trust, and product development. Past clients include Microsoft and Coca-Cola. Current clients include ESRI, which creates and provides services for GIS software and geodatabase management applications. [View CV]
Andrew Revkin is a journalist who examines efforts to balance human affairs with Earth’s limits in the New York Times Dot Earth blog. Partially supported by John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, Mr. Revkin will contribute his knowledge base and the objectivity of a veteran science news reporter. [View CV]
Dr. Gavin Schmidt is a climate modeler in the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and a founding member of the blog RealClimate. His research interests lie in understanding the variability of the climate, both its internal variability and the response to external forcing. [View CV]
