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Excited to announce our #documentary co-produced with individuals across the world during #COVID19 lockdown was selected to screen at both #WCIFF and #MCIFF. Vote during WCIFF on 30 June! Tomorrow: A Pandemic Story will screen around 5:20pm MDT. https://t.co/2oTM6ZVXw0

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"The first seismic data obtained directly from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge suggest that upwelling may contribute to seafloor spreading." #scicomm #earthscience @AGU_Eos https://t.co/Tpop24WxB7

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"Alaska may need to brace for more thunderstorms — along with the landslides, floods and wildfires they can bring — if current climate trends continue..." #scicomm #climate @Reuters https://t.co/6AAWFEBfh6

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“The 2018 eruption of Sierra Negra was a really spectacular volcanic event, occurring in the ‘living laboratory’ of the Galápagos Islands...” #scicomm #volcano @penn_state https://t.co/nfCsp1je7s

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"Miguel Claro, a Portugese astral photographer...goes to great lengths to distill fragments of the night sky—even waiting out almost five hours of exposure time for a single shot." @sciam #scicomm #Astrophotography https://t.co/WsNVQ405A3

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"The geoscience workforce is the least diverse of all STEM disciplines...very little research has considered the role that social bias and stereotype play in creating barriers to the geosciences for individuals with disabilities." #scicomm #accessibility https://t.co/vAcL6d23va

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Congrats to Dr. @KHayhoe for being named as @nature_org's chief scientist! #scicomm #WomenInSTEM https://t.co/JUvL8z3aUQ

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Fantastic new article about the importance of Indigenous Knowledge and communities to the forefront in addressing environmental justice and convergence research. #scicomm #equityinSTEM https://t.co/zavBuhTI0I

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"By incorporating human systems, scientists are modeling geohazards with equity in mind." #scicomm #hazard @AGU_Eos https://t.co/46uLX1BCfh

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"A new book presents a multidisciplinary perspective on soil, exploring it as a nexus for water flow, near surface (bio)geochemistry, erosion and deposition, and biologically coupled nutrient cycling." #scicomm #SoilHealth @AGU_Eos https://t.co/tMCBwFplI5

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"Researchers say two-way communication is possible with people who are asleep and dreaming." #scicomm #sleep @NPR https://t.co/l3NmE2xlEX

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Our #ScientistOfTheWeek is Margaret Hamilton, "a computer scientist who led the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Lab, which in 1961 contracted with @NASA to develop the Apollo program’s guidance system." #WomensHistoryMonth2021 https://t.co/VA6FLonXS7

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"How are those at the far end of the planet spending their time? What are they researching?...And why do they wear tuxedoes once a week?" Take a tour of this Antarctic research station. #scicomm #Antarctica @euronews https://t.co/uDMDHhUecl

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"Researchers used supercomputers to create millennia of simulated earthquakes in Southern California, then studied what hazard these quakes might create." #scicomm #earthquakes @temblor https://t.co/3AQAgFGTTg

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"Scientific insights from the Agricultural Research Service’s long-term study sites underpin dozens of models and research methods that guide global land management and conservation practices." #scicomm #conservation @AGU_Eos https://t.co/YxNxWT5npo

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"Marine life has been discovered under 900 metres of Antarctic ice shelf, much to the surprise of scientists." #scicomm #biodiversity https://t.co/XIwcLdH4js

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Our #ScientistOfTheWeek is Nzambi Matee: "the young entrepreneur designed a system which converts high density polyethylene, low density polyethylene, & polypropylene plastics into solid bricks." #scicomm #recycling @mymodernmet https://t.co/u8ICvUgReo

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The Mars #PerseveranceRover successfully landed on the Red Planet yesterday! #scicomm @NASA https://t.co/EXnEHL4oLo

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Free and online course opportunity with Project Ho’okama’āina and the Hanalei River Heritage Foundation: "We invite you to take this free course and familiarize yourself with Hawai’i from an Indigenous and modern perspective." #scicomm #IndigenousBiology https://t.co/kwKaSsT2Lt

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Participatory science opportunity: become a Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow (CoCoRaHS) observer with @NOAA: https://t.co/pd7rs5cUBY