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📢 NEW THEMATIC ISSUE - 'Ocean Literacy as a Mechanism for Change Across and Beyond the UN Ocean Decade' Delighted to have been involved as an editor of a Special Issue for the first time. This important collection of papers illustrates the interdisciplinary nature of ocean literacy research, critically exploring how its dimensions, drivers, and impacts vary across different socio-cultural, economic, political, and geographic contexts. Topics include: 🏙️ Urban marine ecology 🌊 Ocean cycle‐centric design 🗺️ Participatory mapping 🌏 Reflections from Australia 🥽 Extended reality Co-edited with Emma McKinley, Berit Kaae, and Brice Trouillet, this #OpenAccess issue is published in the Cogitatio Press journal 'Ocean and Society'. ✍ Editorial piece: https://lnkd.in/eMFrZzCC 📚 Full issue: https://lnkd.in/eDENfRJr #OceanLiteracy #OceanDecade #MarineSocialScience

Developing a new partial identification approach to ecological inference (EI) based on signing the bias of canonical EI estimators, from Hadi Elzayn, Jacob Goldin, Cameron Guage, Daniel E. Ho, and Claire Morton https://lnkd.in/evp8ZvCe

Why are citizen science groups valuable? Community-driven citizen science groups fill in the gaps often left by larger organisations who do not have the resources to conduct frequent water quality assessments. The local and targeted efforts of their work means they are the first ones to raise the alarm when unusual events occur, reporting to the Environment Agency when they see something amiss. Our nature as a for-good volunteer organisation means all of our data is available to the public, providing a valuable asset to students, researchers and environmental policy makers.

📄 **Natural England’s Missing Evidence: What the FOI Revealed** A Freedom of Information request has uncovered discrepancies between Natural England’s internal consultation response on heather burning and the version shared publicly. Our analysis shows that key uncertainties were edited out, scientific caveats removed, and statements softened, creating a misleading impression of certainty. This raises serious concerns for evidence-based policy, transparency, and trust in regulation. Here’s what we found, and why open, honest science matters more than ever - link is in comments 👇

A new study published in Risk Analysis examines how residents and government officials in flood-prone communities—specifically Ortley Beach, New Jersey—view rebuilding and relocation after major storms like Superstorm Sandy. The research explores how climate beliefs, political affiliations, and worldviews influence decisions about whether public funds should support staying in or leaving high-risk coastal areas. The study, led by Rutgers University researchers, revealed that while all groups agreed on the economic burdens of adaptation measures such as home elevation and insurance increases, they differed on how to respond. Robert Kopp, RCEI Affiliate, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Clinton Andrews, RCEI Affiliate, Distinguished Professor at the Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy are co-authors on the study. Read and learn more at https://lnkd.in/e_Md4tMS

❕ "Sharing scientific evidence with policymakers: a guide on writing policy briefs for impact” is out now! What is a policy brief? Who are policy briefs intended for? Where to start drafting one? Do check out this guide, developed by European Research Executive Agency (REA) (European Commission), on how EU funded research and innovation projects can create a clear, impactful policy brief that informs policy! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dfkUeF_a #Policy #PolicyBrief

On Sunday POLITICO reported that the Department of Energy is removing key scientific terms from organizational discourse. In this week's lecture I discuss how nature, scientific, and environmental writers might approach writing the world in an era of language policing. And of course to do this, I draw on the teachings of the Buddha. https://lnkd.in/gs_EFdjN

Sarah Schwimmer (MPA-PNP 2012) authored an op-ed for The Times in London discussing how larger corporations can play an important role in benefitting people and the planet. https://bit.ly/4mxJuVa

Fire has always been part of life on Earth. It gave birth to forests, renewed soils, and created the conditions for ecosystems to flourish. For generations, Indigenous communities have understood this, intentionally using fire to shape healthier, safer landscapes. But over time, that relationship was broken. Fire became something we feared. Today, science helps us recover what traditional knowledge has always known: fire can be a tool for resilience. With researchers like Andrea Duane, fire ecologist at University of California, Davis, we learn how to blend modern science with ancestral wisdom, two ways of knowing that, together, can help us adapt to the environmental challenges ahead. Building resilient nature means listening to both the past and the present, so we can shape a safer, more balanced future. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/d5aKwMUP Video | @nickmdanielson⁠ Edit | @toni_perello ⁠ ⁠ #NNormal #YourPathNoTrace #StatesofElevation

Building on the organization’s current Strategic Plan’s success, this new Strategic Plan takes a fresh look at the current economic climate, priorities, and opportunities for impact in Rural Oxford. This new Strategic Plan, based on research and community engagement, delivers an action-based roadmap that defines and outlines Rural Oxford EDC’s 2026-2030 strategic objectives and goals. The Strategic Plan was built on an economic and situational analysis of the area’s economy and a comprehensive public consultation process. This process merged qualitative and quantitative analyses to develop actions that are realistic and doable, supported by the community, and grounded in the realities of Rural Oxford’s economic and cultural landscape. Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/gJbTPNYD