Communicating Science

 

Communicating science and making it accessible and exciting to others is one of the aspects that I enjoy most about my work.

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On the one hand, this involves teaching and outreach activities. At UNCW, I teach introductory and advanced classes in physics and climate science. Recent outreach activities include workshops at BeWISE and DePortola Middle School (San Diego, see left), working with the California Science Teacher Association to develop new science curricula, Marine Quest and Summer Ventures (at UNCW) and a lecture with the Osher Lifelong Learning Insitute.

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In December 2015, I was invited to talk about these activities at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, during a workshop hosted by Andrew Revkin of the New York Times, entitled "Revealing the New Arctic - An Arctic Science Communication Workshop". 

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On the other hand, it means communicating with media for a wider audience. This page lists some media coverage about research that I've been involved in. 

 

Our article "How Climate Model Complexity Influences Sea Ice Stability", Wagner & Eisenman, Journal of Climate (2015), is discussed in the Scripps Research Highlight "Arctic Sea Ice Loss Likely To Be Reversible".

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Our work on iceberg drift was highlighted in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. You can find the article here.

 

My field work has featured in a number of mainstream media - here is a selection:

 

• Arctic Melt: Threat beneath the ice, CNN (June 2019)

• The end of the Arctic as we know it, The Guardian (June 2019)

• Up Close With A Sea Ice Physicist, Wild Culture (Jan 2013)

• Till Wagner, Ice Scientist, Vimeo (Oct 2012)

• Opération Calotte Glaciaire,  ARTE (four french shorts aired Oct 2011)

• Farewell to the Arctic - as we know it,  Time (Sept 27, 2011)

• This is where ice comes to die,  The Sun (Sept 19, 2011)

• Why Arctic sea ice melting matters,  GreenpeaceVideo (Sept 16, 2011)