GC - recent papers
https://gc.copernicus.org/articles/
Combined list of the recent articles of the journal Geoscience Communication and the recent discussion forum Geoscience Communication DiscussionsArctic Tectonics and Volcanism: a multi-scale, multidisciplinary educational approach
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2024-3
<b>Arctic Tectonics and Volcanism: a multi-scale, multidisciplinary educational approach</b><br>
Kim Senger, Grace Shephard, Fenna Ammerlaan, Owen Anfinson, Pascal Audet, Bernard Coakley, Victoria Ershova, Jan Inge Faleide, Sten-Andreas Grundvåg, Rafael Kenji Horota, Karthik Iyer, Julian Janocha, Morgan Jones, Alexander Minakov, Margaret Odlum, Anna M. R. Sartell, Andrew Schaeffer, Daniel Stockli, Marie A. Vander Kloet, and Carmen Gaina<br>
Geosci. Commun. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2024-3,2024<br>
<b>Preprint under review for GC</b> (discussion: open, 0 comments)<br>
The article describes a course that we have developed at the University Centre in Svalbard that covers many aspects of Arctic Geology. The students experience this from a wide range of lecturers, focussing both on the small and larger scales, and covering many geoscientific disciplines.
2024-03-27T08:35:15+01:00GC Insights: The Anthro-Pokécene – Environmental impacts echoed in the Pokémon world
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2024-2
<b>GC Insights: The Anthro-Pokécene – Environmental impacts echoed in the Pokémon world</b><br>
Lewis James Alcott and Taylor Maavara<br>
Geosci. Commun. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2024-2,2024<br>
<b>Preprint under review for GC</b> (discussion: open, 0 comments)<br>
Public perception of climate change impacts on environmental systems is primarily driven by exposure to different forms of media. Here, we inspect the ever-growing public discourse around climate change over the last 30 years and assess perceptions gained from the largest media franchise worldwide, Pokémon. We highlight the growth of the acknowledgement of anthropogenic change, keeping track with the step-by-step increases in public exposure to climate change.
2024-03-26T08:35:15+01:00“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better”: an environmental discourse analysis of animated films The Lorax (2012) and Tomorrow (2019)
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-7-63-2024
<b>“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better”: an environmental discourse analysis of animated films The Lorax (2012) and Tomorrow (2019)</b><br>
Mohammad Mizan-Rahman<br>
Geosci. Commun., 7, 63–79, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-7-63-2024, 2024<br>
The study demonstrates that environmentally driven animated films can shape the discourse of their audiences. This study also demonstrates how narratives from films such as The Lorax and Tomorrow can lead an audience to consider large-scale environmental issues.
2024-03-04T08:35:15+01:00Co-RISK: a tool to co-create impactful university–industry projects for natural hazard risk mitigation
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-7-35-2024
<b>Co-RISK: a tool to co-create impactful university–industry projects for natural hazard risk mitigation</b><br>
John K. Hillier and Michiel van Meeteren<br>
Geosci. Commun., 7, 35–56, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-7-35-2024, 2024<br>
Co-RISK is a workshop-based toolkit to aid the co-creation of joint projects in various sectors (e.g. insurance, rail, power generation) impacted by natural hazard risks. There is a genuine need to quickly convert the latest insights from environmental research into real-world climate change adaptation strategies, and a gap exists for an accessible (i.e. open access, low tech, zero cost) and practical solution tailored to assist with this.
2024-02-01T08:35:15+01:00GC Insights: Fostering transformative change for biodiversity restoration through transdisciplinary research
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-7-57-2024
<b>GC Insights: Fostering transformative change for biodiversity restoration through transdisciplinary research</b><br>
Bikem Ekberzade, A. Rita Carrasco, Adam Izdebski, Adriano Sofo, Annegret Larsen, Felicia O. Akinyemi, Viktor J. Bruckman, Noel Baker, Simon Clark, and Chloe Hill<br>
Geosci. Commun., 7, 57–61, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-7-57-2024, 2024<br>
The world is facing a critical issue of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, despite efforts to address it. While positive steps are being taken in the adoption of comprehensive conservation policies, more effective science-for-policy approaches are necessary to foster connectivity, engage communities, and promote transformative change. This study outlines how scientists can drive impactful change within and beyond their communities to contribute to meeting global biodiversity targets.
2024-02-01T08:35:15+01:00The Rock Garden: a preliminary assessment of how campus-based field skills training impacts student confidence in real-world fieldwork
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-7-17-2024
<b>The Rock Garden: a preliminary assessment of how campus-based field skills training impacts student confidence in real-world fieldwork</b><br>
Thomas W. Wong Hearing, Stijn Dewaele, Stijn Albers, Julie De Weirdt, and Marc De Batist<br>
Geosci. Commun., 7, 17–33, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-7-17-2024, 2024<br>
Field skills training is an integral part of geoscience education, but long field courses away from home can be barriers to accessing that education and mean that students do not get regular field skills practice. We built the Rock Garden, an on-campus field course at Ghent University, Belgium, to make our field skills training more accessible. Here, we present preliminary data that suggest on-campus field skills training provision can increase students' confidence during real-world fieldwork.
2024-01-30T08:35:15+01:00Water and Us: tales and hands-on laboratories to educate about sustainable and nonconflictual water resources management
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-7-1-2024
<b>Water and Us: tales and hands-on laboratories to educate about sustainable and nonconflictual water resources management</b><br>
Francesca Munerol, Francesco Avanzi, Eleonora Panizza, Marco Altamura, Simone Gabellani, Lara Polo, Marina Mantini, Barbara Alessandri, and Luca Ferraris<br>
Geosci. Commun., 7, 1–15, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-7-1-2024, 2024<br>
To contribute to advancing education in a warming climate and prepare the next generations to play their role in future societies, we designed “Water and Us”, a three-module initiative focusing on the natural and anthropogenic water cycle, climate change, and conflicts. This study aims to introduce the initiative's educational objectives, methods, and early results.
2024-01-19T08:35:15+01:00Harnessing AI for Geosciences Education: A Deep Dive into ChatGPT's Impact
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2023-7
<b>Harnessing AI for Geosciences Education: A Deep Dive into ChatGPT's Impact</b><br>
Subham Patra, T. Sumit Singha, Megh Kanvinde, Angana Mazumdar, and Swastika Kanjilal<br>
Geosci. Commun. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2023-7,2024<br>
<b>Preprint under review for GC</b> (discussion: open, 1 comment)<br>
This research examines the impact of ChatGPT in geoscience education, revealing its growing popularity among students. While it offers benefits like content generation, it raises concerns about accuracy, biases, and academic integrity. The work emphasizes the need for responsible AI adoption and the development of guidelines for its ethical use in education. This study informs educators, students, and institutions about the opportunities and challenges AI presents in the geoscience classroom.
2024-01-03T08:35:15+01:00The weather today rocks or sucks for my tree: Exploring the understanding of climate impacts on forests at high school level through tweets
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2023-5
<b>The weather today rocks or sucks for my tree: Exploring the understanding of climate impacts on forests at high school level through tweets</b><br>
Thomas Mölg, Jan Christoph Schubert, Annette Debel, Steffen Höhnle, Kathy Steppe, Sibille Wehrmann, and Achim Bräuning<br>
Geosci. Commun. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2023-5,2023<br>
<b>Preprint under review for GC</b> (discussion: open, 2 comments)<br>
We examine the understanding of weather and climate impacts on forest health in high school students. Climate physics, tree ring science and educational research collaborate to provide an online platform that captures the students’ observations, showing they verbalize the measured weather and the basic tree responses well. However, students hardly detect the causal connections. This result will help refine future classroom concepts and public climate change communication on changing forests.
2023-11-27T08:35:15+01:00A spectrum of geoscience communication: from dissemination to participation
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-131-2023
<b>A spectrum of geoscience communication: from dissemination to participation</b><br>
Sam Illingworth<br>
Geosci. Commun., 6, 131–139, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-131-2023, 2023<br>
In this article, I explore the various ways the geosciences can be communicated to a wider audience. I focus on creative methods that range from sharing information to involving the public in the research process. By using examples from my own work and the wider literature, I demonstrate how these approaches can engage diverse communities and promote greater recognition for geoscience communication.
2023-11-02T08:35:15+01:00Air pollution walk as an impact education tool for air quality sensitization in the global south
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2023-3
<b>Air pollution walk as an impact education tool for air quality sensitization in the global south</b><br>
Debabrata Bej, Sandip Sankar Ghosh, Srijan Haldar, and Arindam Roy<br>
Geosci. Commun. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2023-3,2023<br>
<b>Revised manuscript under review for GC</b> (discussion: final response, 4 comments)<br>
Walking with an air quality monitoring instruments and an air quality expert could be a better tool for improving citizen awareness. A pilot experiment was done where a group of citizen roam around the city of Kolkata, India with live air quality monitor and an expert. The feedback from the participants were taken which clearly indicate air pollution walk as an efficient tool of communicating air pollution.
2023-10-27T08:35:15+02:00GC Insights: The crystal structures behind mineral properties – a case study of using TotBlocks in an undergraduate optical mineralogy lab
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-125-2023
<b>GC Insights: The crystal structures behind mineral properties – a case study of using TotBlocks in an undergraduate optical mineralogy lab</b><br>
Derek D. V. Leung and Paige E. dePolo<br>
Geosci. Commun., 6, 125–129, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-125-2023, 2023<br>
We used 3D-printed building blocks (TotBlocks) in an undergraduate optical mineralogy lab session to illustrate the links between crystal structures and the properties of minerals. Students built mica, pyroxene, and amphibole structures. We observed an improved understanding of cleavage (how minerals break) and pleochroism (how light interacts with minerals), but understanding did not improve with more abstract concepts. TotBlocks hold potential as a teaching tool in mineralogy classrooms.
2023-10-05T08:35:15+02:00Understanding representations of uncertainty, an eye-tracking study – Part 1: The effect of anchoring
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-97-2023
<b>Understanding representations of uncertainty, an eye-tracking study – Part 1: The effect of anchoring</b><br>
Kelsey J. Mulder, Louis Williams, Matthew Lickiss, Alison Black, Andrew Charlton-Perez, Rachel McCloy, and Eugene McSorley<br>
Geosci. Commun., 6, 97–110, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-97-2023, 2023<br>
It is vital that uncertainty in environmental forecasting is graphically presented to enable people to use and interpret it correctly. Using novel eye-tracking methods, we show that where people look and the decisions they make are both strongly influenced by construction of forecast representations common in presentations of environmental data. This suggests that forecasters should construct their presentations carefully so that they help people to extract important information more easily.
2023-09-06T08:35:15+02:00Understanding representations of uncertainty, an eye-tracking study – Part 2: The effect of expertise
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-111-2023
<b>Understanding representations of uncertainty, an eye-tracking study – Part 2: The effect of expertise</b><br>
Louis Williams, Kelsey J. Mulder, Andrew Charlton-Perez, Matthew Lickiss, Alison Black, Rachel McCloy, Eugene McSorley, and Joe Young<br>
Geosci. Commun., 6, 111–123, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-111-2023, 2023<br>
When constructing graphical environmental forecasts involving uncertainty, it is important to consider the background and expertise of end-users. Using novel eye-tracking methods, we show that where people look and the decisions they make are both strongly influenced by prior expertise and the graphical construction of forecast representations common in presentations of environmental data. We suggest that forecasters should construct their presentations carefully, bearing these factors in mind.
2023-09-06T08:35:15+02:00Planning a geostatistical survey to map soil and crop properties: eliciting sampling densities
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2023-1
<b>Planning a geostatistical survey to map soil and crop properties: eliciting sampling densities</b><br>
Christopher Chagumaira, Joseph G. Chimungu, Patson C. Nalivata, Martin R. Broadley, Alice E. Milne, and R. Murray Lark<br>
Geosci. Commun. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2023-1,2023<br>
<b>Preprint under review for GC</b> (discussion: final response, 4 comments)<br>
Our study is concerned with how uncertainty in spatial information about environmental variables can be communicated to stakeholders to make decisions about sampling whilst considering the trade-off between sample effort and reducing uncertainty. We tested four approaches that relate sampling density and uncertainty by eliciting the opinions of end-users. End-users preferred the method not direct link to decision-making. More work is needed to develop and elucidate decision-specific approaches.
2023-06-06T08:35:15+02:00Strategies for improving the communication of satellite-derived InSAR data for geohazards through the analysis of Twitter and online data portals
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-75-2023
<b>Strategies for improving the communication of satellite-derived InSAR data for geohazards through the analysis of Twitter and online data portals</b><br>
C. Scott Watson, John R. Elliott, Susanna K. Ebmeier, Juliet Biggs, Fabien Albino, Sarah K. Brown, Helen Burns, Andrew Hooper, Milan Lazecky, Yasser Maghsoudi, Richard Rigby, and Tim J. Wright<br>
Geosci. Commun., 6, 75–96, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-75-2023, 2023<br>
We evaluate the communication and open data processing of satellite Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) data, which measures ground deformation. We discuss the unique interpretation challenges and the use of automatic data processing and web tools to broaden accessibility. We link these tools with an analysis of InSAR communication through Twitter in which applications to earthquakes and volcanoes prevailed. We discuss future integration with disaster risk-reduction strategies.
2023-06-05T08:35:15+02:00Paleontology-themed comics and graphic novels, their potential for scientific outreach, and the bilingual graphic novel EUROPASAURUS – Life on Jurassic Islands
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-45-2023
<b>Paleontology-themed comics and graphic novels, their potential for scientific outreach, and the bilingual graphic novel EUROPASAURUS – Life on Jurassic Islands</b><br>
Oliver Wings, Jan Fischer, Joschua Knüppe, Henning Ahlers, Sebastian Körnig, and Arila-Maria Perl<br>
Geosci. Commun., 6, 45–74, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-45-2023, 2023<br>
We give an overview of influential comics and graphic novels on paleontological themes, especially dinosaurs. We explain their different forms of representation and narration, and how they were influenced by the contemporary state of knowledge. The second part deals with the creation of the bilingual graphic novel EUROPASAURUS – Life on Jurassic Islands, a textless comic book, and how this book was perceived by the public.
2023-05-11T08:35:15+02:00GC Insights: Enhancing inclusive engagement with the geosciences through art–science collaborations
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-39-2023
<b>GC Insights: Enhancing inclusive engagement with the geosciences through art–science collaborations</b><br>
Rosalie A. Wright, Kurt Jackson, Cécile Girardin, Natasha Smith, and Lisa M. Wedding<br>
Geosci. Commun., 6, 39–43, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-39-2023, 2023<br>
We explored two art–geoscience case studies to provide experience-based advice for successful partnerships that aim to diversify and enhance inclusive engagement of the geosciences. Our case study approach revealed the importance of stakeholder relationship building, reflective practice, and the value of sharing art–geoscience partnerships in varied settings. These findings offer examples and preliminary advice on enabling conditions for enacting productive art–geoscience collaborations.
2023-03-22T08:35:15+01:00Improving the Quality of Education in Water Resources Engineering: A Hybrid Fuzzy-AHP-TOPSIS Method
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2022-16
<b>Improving the Quality of Education in Water Resources Engineering: A Hybrid Fuzzy-AHP-TOPSIS Method</b><br>
Mohammad Kazem Ghorbani, Nasser Talebbeydokhti, Hossein Hamidifar, Mehrshad Samadi, Michael Nones, Fatemeh Rezaeitavabe, and Shabnam Heidarifar<br>
Geosci. Commun. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2022-16,2023<br>
<b>Preprint withdrawn</b> (discussion: closed, 6 comments)<br>
A methodology is developed for assessing the quality of education in Water Resources Engineering as a sub-discipline of Civil Engineering. It is based on Klein's learning model and using the hybrid fuzzy-AHP-TOPSIS method. The relative closeness of universities as a performance evaluation criterion was obtained. The sensitivity analysis was performed based on some qualitative criteria on the model. This model of evaluation can have a considerable influence on the education improvement.
2023-03-15T08:35:15+01:00Assessing stakeholder climate data needs for farm-level decision-making in the U.S. Corn Belt
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-27-2023
<b>Assessing stakeholder climate data needs for farm-level decision-making in the U.S. Corn Belt</b><br>
Suzanna Clark, J. Felix Wolfinger, Melissa A. Kenney, Michael D. Gerst, and Heidi A. Roop<br>
Geosci. Commun., 6, 27–38, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-27-2023, 2023<br>
We analyzed 50 documents containing input from farmers, rangeland managers, and water resource managers to understand climate information needs in the U.S. Corn Belt. Practitioners want information to help them make agricultural, water, and risk management decisions to improve economic outcomes. These results can inform decision support tool development, summarize background information for future research in the Corn Belt, and provide an example for research in other sectors and geographies.
2023-03-07T08:35:15+01:00