ASLO is an organization that crosses borders to bring together a global community of aquatic scientists. The COVID-19 epidemic is disrupting but not stopping our efforts. I write to update you on ASLO actions, and to assure you that as your professional association, we are here to support you. In …
The deadline for proposals for contributed papers to an L&O Letters Special Issue entitled, “Increasing Salinity in Freshwater and Coastal Ecosystems,” has been extended to 30 June 2020 in response to the COVID-19 situation. The original call is reposted below with updated deadlines. Special Issue Guest Editors: Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles …
To the ASLO Community: Given the rapidly escalating situation regarding COVID-19 and the state of Wisconsin’s moratorium on gatherings of 10 or more people, our societies have made the difficult decision to cancel the ASLO-SFS Meeting scheduled for June. While we have been looking forward to this event for years, …
Torrent de Soldevita Special Issue Guest Editors: Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles (University of Barcelona), Alison Derry (Université du Québec à Montréal), Stephanie Melles (Ryerson University), and Advisory Guest Editor, Gesa Weyhenmeyer (Uppsala University) Deadline for submission of paper proposal: 30 March 2020 We are pleased to announce that we are seeking proposals …
SciComm Social hour: A new way to deliberate outreach by Maha Cziesielski This year’s Ocean Sciences Meeting in San Diego is pleasantly packed with science communication, policy, journalism and outreach events. There are numerous poster and oral sessions, and a wide range of workshops and lunch events for participants to …
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by Teresa L. Curto, ASLO Executive Director; Mike Pace, ASLO President; Adrienne Sponberg, ASLO Director of Communications and Science This week, ASLO joined over 125 scientific societies and journal publishers to respond to a rumored forthcoming Trump Administration executive order that would make all papers produced by federally funded research freely …
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by Adrienne Sponberg One of my favorite things about ASLO is the way the society values participation by early career researchers and students (watch for an upcoming post on this!). This month, two of our programs for early career students collaborated on a recent webinar. The webinar was sponsored …
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In my role at ASLO, I’ve coordinated or facilitated dozens of workshops and panel discussions geared to encourage and to train scientists to communicate their science to policymakers, the public and the media. What I’ve heard over and over again from participants is: “This is important. This takes time. This …
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By Adrienne Sponberg This morning Facebook reminded me that “on this day” three years ago, I published the first-ever call for the ASLO Science Communication Internship. The program was new and I didn’t know what to expect in terms of applications. But I knew ASLO was well-positioned to expand our …
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