93 Geosciences and the Media: How Can We Better Communicate the Imperatives of Sustainability?

Monday, 23 October 2006
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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Presentations

• 1:40 PM
  LOOKING ABRUPT NATURAL DISASTERS IN THE EYE: HOW SHOULD WE DEAL WITH THEM IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABILITY?
  Paul H. Reitan, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY and E.-an Zen, Univ of Maryland, College Park, MD
  105523 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  COMMUNICATING ABOUT STEALTH DISASTERS
  Susan W. Kieffer, Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
  110263 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:20 PM
  GOOD NEWS IN GLOBAL WARMING--BEYOND NAGGING
  Richard B. Alley, The Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA
  109994 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:40 PM
  COMMUNICATING GEOSCIENCES TO THE PUBLIC
  Rosaly M.C. Lopes, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech, Pasadena, CA
  107265 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  FROM SCIENCE TO TIME TO VANITY FAIR: SEXING UP SUSTAINABILITY AND HOW IT HAPPENED
  Amy Gajda, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
  110252 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  SCIENCE AND JOURNALISM, HOW A CHANGING INDUSTRY IS AFFECTING WHAT THE PUBLIC READS, SEES AND HEARS ABOUT SCIENCE
  Anthony R. Wood, Philadelphia, PA
  107545 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  SOME WORRYING TRENDS IN SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING RELATED TO COMMUNICATING SCIENCE TO THE PUBLIC
  R. Brooks Hanson, Science, Washington, DC
  108294 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  COMMUNICATING THE IMPERATIVES OF SUSTAINABILITY WITH A SENSE OF WONDER
  Cheryl Lyn Dybas, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
  110798 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  TRUE INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO IMPROVE THE ROLE OF GEOSCIENCES IN SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES
  Christopher Keane, American Geol Institute, Alexandria, VA
  110769 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:50 PM
  GEOSCIENCE IN THE EYE OF SOCIETAL STORMS: LESSONS LEARNED
  P. Patrick Leahy, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Barbara Wainman, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA
  110850 (Technical Sessions)