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An eclectic assortment of tools to assist the scientific endeavor

Inspiration

  • How a genius thinks

Writing 

  • 11 Principles (Strunk & White)
  • 10 top writing tips and the psychology behind them 
  • How to write a great journal article – act like a fiction author
  • Conservation Bytes: How to write a scientific paper 
  • The 5 pivotal paragraphs in a (scientific) paper
  • Some well-known tricks for clear writing
  • The first critic is you: Editing your own work
  • Steven Pinker: “you should pretend that you, the writer, see something in the world that’s interesting, and that you’re directing the attention of your reader to that thing.”
  • Practical Science Communication Strategies for Graduate Students (paper online)
  • Guide to writing abstracts (from Nature)
  • Structuring and writing academic papers (from Elsevier)
  • Cormac McCarthy’s tips on how to write a great science paper

Analytics & Visualization

  • R software
  • Data Viz Gallery 
  • D3 Gallery

Communicating Broadly

  • From SESYNC: Communications & Broader Engagement Toolkit
  • Giving Talks: Boosting the signal in scientific talks @Nature

Getting through graduate school

  • A grad school survival guide (Science)
  • Grants: “How not to get a DDRI award” (useful in general!)
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Landscape Ecology, Anthromes, Anthroecology & Anthropocene | Geography & Environmental Systems @UMBC | @globalyzer | @ecosynth | @GlobalLandP

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dhruvfranklinDhruv Franklin@dhruvfranklin·
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I think it's often hard to comprehend the scale of biodiversity loss in North America without proper visuals. Left: A wonderful chart of NA Holocene fauna by Fiona Reid. Right: NA biodiversity during the Rancholabrean, the last period of the Pleistocene, ending 11kya.

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erleellisErle Ellis (艾尔青)@erleellis·
20 Jan

When it comes to conservation, hope is much more useful than gloom. #ConservationOptimism
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/an-antidote-for-environmental-despair/ via @hakaimagazine

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19 Jan

#ConservationOptimism from @NicoleLBoivin @MPI_SHH

NatureEcoEvo@NatureEcoEvo

Mobilizing the past to shape a better Anthropocene: how information from archaeology, history, palaeoecology and other past sources can, and should, be used to inform plans to enhance the sustainability and resilience of our societies. https://rdcu.be/cdPvV

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