[Coral-List] Cartoons for Science Communication

Thu Apr 27 12:07:21 EDT 2017

Hi Martyn,

Yes, I think it's a great idea and can be very effective---putting the
information out there in a way that everyday people can better connect with
and comprehend. There are some user-friendly platforms available. If you're
interested, I recommend PowToon. Comics might be good for kids. One could
integrate some basic observation and problem-solving skills, etc. The
drawings would need to be attractive for the target age group, and there
would have to be a well-thought out digital space plan. That's my two
cents! :)

Kind regards,

Michael Newkirk.
http://www.editors.ca/directory/michael-newkirk

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 3:25 PM, Jakins-Pollard, Martyn B <
mj16100 at essex.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi Sarah,
>
> I just wanted to say if you can get this kind of thing into the spotlight
> I think it is such a great idea to use cartoons in this way. I feel that
> due to the amount of misinformation in the media the best way for the
> general public to be truly informed is to read the literature themselves.
> This is obviously a difficult thing for a lot of people due to the huge
> amount of jargon and technical terminology. Pairing this kind of thing with
> peer reviewed articles could be a great way to skip out the opportunistic
> nature of the media and how they pull out the message that suits their
> stance.
>
> Martyn
>
>
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>   1. Cartoons for Science Communication (Sarah Frias-Torres)
>   2. BIOS Fall REU Program | Applications Due May 31 (Chloe Baron)
>   3. Re: Evidence that ocean warming has caused most Caribbean
>      coral loss (Peter Sale)
>   4. could clouds shade the Great Barrier Reef to protect them?
>      (Douglas Fenner)
>   5. Re: Evidence that ocean warming has caused most Caribbean
>      coral loss (Risk, Michael)
>   6. Re: Evidence that ocean warming has caused most Caribbean
>      coral loss (Bruno, John)
>   7. Sunscreen pollution and coral reefs (info)
>
> From: Sarah Frias-Torres <sfrias_torres at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Coral-List] Cartoons for Science Communication
> Date: 24 April 2017 16:11:00 BST
> To: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
>
>
> Dear Coral-List,
>
> this is a shameless plug for my new science communication approach.
>
>
> I'm making cartoons to share the basic message of a peer-reviewed paper or
> a science story shown in the news.
>
> The cartoons are found in my Twitter feed. Soon, they'll be hosted at a
> website.
>
>
> Usually, there's a connection between Hollywood films and the cartoons. So
> far they include:
>
>
> ..- A coral restoration cartoon inspired by the 1969 Western musical
> "Paint Your Wagon"
>
> ..- A drones vs. whales cartoon inspired by the 1950 American film "Sunset
> Boulevard"
>
>
> I'm still engaged with more traditional science communication products
> including
>
> ..- A science outreach blog:
>
> https://grouperluna.wordpress.com/
>
>
> ..- A microfiction blog (fables for grown-ups) with illustrations
>
> https://oceanbestiary.wordpress.com/
>
>
>
> Sarah Frias-Torres, Ph.D.
> Twitter: @GrouperDoc
> Blog: http://grouperluna.wordpress.com
> http://independent.academia.edu/SarahFriasTorres
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Chloe Baron <chloe.baron at bios.edu>
> Subject: [Coral-List] BIOS Fall REU Program | Applications Due May 31
> Date: 24 April 2017 20:47:47 BST
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> From: Peter Sale <sale at uwindsor.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Evidence that ocean warming has caused most
> Caribbean coral loss
> Date: 25 April 2017 04:21:25 BST
> To: "jbruno at unc.edu" <jbruno at unc.edu>, "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov" <
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
>
>
> Hi all,
> John Bruno's blog post is a service to the community that deserves a more
> permanent place (i.e. a peer-reviewed article) as a review of the data.  A
> lot of our data on reef degradation are correlative, and you cannot
> discover correlations with factors that are not included in the analyses.
> Nor are correlations proof of causation.  And because ecology remains a
> science of words instead of equations, it is easy for one's personal
> experience or bias to subtly shift the meaning of sentences written by
> others.  In other words, I won't be surprised if it turns out that we can
> all agree on the data, but have nuanced differences in how we interpret
> them.  Responses will be interesting to read...
>
> In the meantime, damage caused by warming continues to occur on reefs
> around the world, while the global community continues to take baby steps
> in cutting GHG emissions.  Regardless of the history of reef degradation,
> global temperature increases appear to be a major factor at present, with
> impacts that appear not to be ameliorated by high quality local reef
> management.  We need much stronger action on climate.
>
> Peter Sale
> University of Windsor
>
>
>
>
> From: Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Coral-List] could clouds shade the Great Barrier Reef to protect
> them?
> Date: 25 April 2017 12:07:12 BST
> To: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
>
>
> Could more reflective clouds save the Great Barrier Reef?
>
> http://www.sciencemag.org/news/sifter/could-more-
> reflective-clouds-save-great-barrier-reef?utm_campaign=
> news_daily_2017-04-24&et_rid=17045989&et_cid=1291195
>
> Open-access.
>
> Scientists consider brighter clouds to preserve the Great Barrier Reef.
>
> https://www.technologyreview.com/s/604211/scientists-
> consider-brighter-clouds-to-preserve-the-great-barrier-reef/
>
> Open-access.
>
> Cheers,  Doug
> --
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> "Belief in climate change is optional, participation is not."- Jim Beever..
>  "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not to their own facts."-
> Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
>
> Study: Stopping global warming only way to save coral reefs.
> https://www.yahoo.com/news/study-stopping-global-warming-
> only-way-save-coral-180833431.html
>
> 'Extreme and unusual' climate trends continue after record 2016.
> http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-3932
>
> A roadmap for rapid decarbonization
> http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6331/1269?utm_
> campaign=toc_sci-mag_2017-03-23&et_rid=17045989&et_cid=1233226
>
>
>
>
> From: "Risk, Michael" <riskmj at mcmaster.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Evidence that ocean warming has caused most
> Caribbean coral loss
> Date: 25 April 2017 13:02:09 BST
> To: "Bruno, John" <jbruno at unc.edu>
> Cc: "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
>
>
>
>   Good day John, colleagues.
>
>   I feel compelled to respond to your post. Implying that those who
> disagree
>   with  you  are  guilty of professional misconduct is hardly the way to
>   encourage dialogue.
>
>   I have neither the time nor the energy to go into many details here, but
> I
>   point out that you have described an exercise in correlation whilst
> ignoring
>   an impressive body of science. I do not question your motives. It is
> clear
>   that society is headed in the wrong direction (although Canada is still
>   committed to the Paris agreement.) In the long run (or even the short
> run!),
>   if we do not control and reduce CO2 emissions, reefs are doomed. My
> personal
>   position  is  fairly  clear: we have 10MW of solar panels on our roof,
>   and-because we heat with wood-I spent a fun-filled afternoon yesterday
>   splitting maple for next year.
>
>   While it is true that the water temperature in the Caribbean has
> increased,
>   it is also true that the Caribbean had already lost more than half its
> reefs
>   before water temperatures had increased by more than a fraction of a
> degree.
>   The reefs of the Florida Keys were particularly decimated, and there is
>   overwhelming evidence of land-based stress going back to the 70’s. These
>   reefs are at the northern limits of thermal tolerance.
>
>   You state that there is no correlation of reef damage with human
> habitation,
>   and cite as your source your paper with Valdivia-which I find
> unconvincing.
>   Sometimes results are counterintuitive because they are wrong or
> misleading.
>   We all know that you simply cannot find reefs anymore near dense human
>   habitation. You mention Cuba: I just received a paper to review written
> by
>   several  Cuban  biologists that documents reef decline near centres of
>   habitation.
>
>   The reason I take issue with you is that you let managers off the hook.
> If
>   they are able to point to global change, then there is no impetus to
> control
>   local sources of stress. This would be a huge mistake.
>
>   I realize the news is now full of reports from Australia, which I
> personally
>   find very depressing. We all need to understand, however, that we have
> lost
>   the opportunity to run a critical experiment: how well could coral reefs
>   survive ocean warming if they were not already stressed by human impacts?
>
>   Mike
>
>   On Apr 24, 2017, at 9:57 AM, Bruno, John <[1]jbruno at unc.edu> wrote:
>
>   I just posted a succinct review of the evidence that ocean warming has
>   caused most Caribbean coral loss:
>   [2]http://theseamonster.net/2017/04/caribbean-bleaching/
>   As a bonus, Ive included links to dozens of PDFs of relevant papers:)
>   Many of you are already familiar with this work. But there are some that
>   continue  deny  its  existence. They offer no evidence for alternative
>   explanations and are effectively accusing hundreds of their colleagues of
>   fabricating their published evidence, e.g., of bleaching and disease
> related
>   mass-mortality.
>   Cheers,
>   JB
>   John Francis Bruno
>   Professor, Dept of Biology
>   UNC Chapel Hill
>   www.johnfbruno.com<http://www.johnfbruno.com>
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> References
>
>   1. mailto:jbruno at unc.edu
>   2. http://theseamonster.net/2017/04/caribbean-bleaching/
>
>
>
>
> From: "Bruno, John" <jbruno at unc.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Evidence that ocean warming has caused most
> Caribbean coral loss
> Date: 25 April 2017 13:50:16 BST
> To: "Risk, Michael" <riskmj at mcmaster.ca>
> Cc: "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
>
>
> Dear Mike, thank you for your ongoing interest in this topic and my post.
>
> "the Caribbean had already lost more than half its reefs before water
> temperatures had increased by more than a fraction of a degree”
>
> This is a common misconception from folks unaware that global warming
> began many decades ago. Please have a look at the NOAA data plotted in this
> figure from my post: http://theseamonster.net/2017/04/caribbean-bleaching/
> nclimate2915-f4/  Or the graphics in Kuffner et al 2014 below it. These
> data should sort you out. The Caribbean had clearly warmed significantly by
> the time mean coral cover had been roughly halved (around the mid-1980s).
> Also, we haven’t lost any reefs yet, what we’ve lost is coral cover (and
> fish biomass).
>
> Iv’e dove near Havana and I agree - its a mess and was probably locally
> impacted. And I don’t understand the logic in arguing managers should give
> up because climate change has had significant impacts on corals. I’ve said
> it a million times: local impacts need to be mitigated. We all agree on
> that. I think you’re underestimating managers and local conservation
> capacity. (All the managers I know acknowledge climate change but aren’t
> giving up). As the Ocean Optimism symposium highlighted over the weekend,
> local successes are realistic and very much meaningful and worthwhile.
>
> "and there is overwhelming evidence of land-based stress going back to the
> 70’s”
>
> You have been promising this list-serv these references for years now. If
> you ever find them, please do share with us if you have the time.
>
> "how well could coral reefs survive ocean warming if they were not already
> stressed by [local] human impacts?”
>
> That experiment has been run dozens of times. On the northern GBR, on
> Scott Reef, off Southern Cuba or in the Bahamas, across the central
> Pacific, etc. The answer is not well at all.
>
> The reason is that local impacts do not appear to act synergistically with
> ocean warming. As Cote and Darling suggested (http://journals.plos.org/
> plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1000438), the interaction
> appears to be antagonistic, not synergistic. Either that or the impact of
> warming is so much stronger that it swamps the local and synergistic
> signals. Also see Darling et al 2010: http://research.fit.edu/
> sealevelriselibrary/documents/doc_mgr/389/Kenya_Coral_Reef_
> Stressors_Not_Synergistic_-_Darling_et_al.pdf
>
> Sincerely,
>
> John
>
>
>
>
> From: info <info at haereticus-lab.org>
> Subject: [Coral-List] Sunscreen pollution and coral reefs
> Date: 25 April 2017 15:19:04 BST
> To: <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
>
>
> I just wanted the Coral Reef List serv community to know about a large
> effort going on in Hawaii regarding Sunscreen Pollution and Coral Reefs.
>
> There is a new film out by Malina Fagan and produced by Robert Redford's
> Redford Center on the topic of Sunscreen Pollution and Coral Reefs.  You
> can
> watch the  11 minute film for free at:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28qWIPeOkvI
>
> or
> https://www.facebook.com/NapiliBayandBeachFoundation/
> https://www.bereefsafe.com/sunscreen-sunblock/
>
>
>
> Craig A. Downs, Ph.D.
> Executive Director, Haereticus Environmental Laboratory
> A 501(c)(3) non-profit scientific research organization
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