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100 1 _aIvanochko, Tara,
_d1972-
245 1 0 _aThink, do, and communicate environmental science /
_cTara Ivanochko, University of British Columbia.
264 1 _aCambridge, United Kingdom ;
_aNew York, NY :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2021.
264 4 _c©2021.
300 _ax, 239 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aReading Papers to Find the Science, Not the Answer -- Communicating Science Visually -- Matching Scales and Processes -- Collecting Environmental Data -- Writing Research Questions -- Aligning Your Question with Your Data -- Working with Environmental Data -- Isolating Individual Signals from a Composite Dataset -- Differentiating Signals from Noise -- Characterizing Your Data -- Comparing Datasets -- Developing simple Environmental Models -- Writing a Science Proposal -- Writing an Abstract.
520 _a"Many students find it daunting to move from studying environmental science, to designing and implementing their own research proposals. This book provides a practical introduction to help develop scientific thinking, aimed at undergraduate and new graduate students in the earth and environmental sciences. Students are guided through the steps of scientific thinking using published scientific literature and real environmental data. The book starts with advice on how to effectively read scientific papers, before outlining how to articulate testable questions and answer them using basic data analysis. The Mauna Loa CO2 dataset is used to demonstrate how to read metadata, prepare data, generate effective graphs and identify dominant cycles on various timescales. Practical, question-driven examples are explored to explain running averages, anomalies, correlations and simple linear models. The final chapter provides a framework for writing persuasive research proposals, making this an essential guide for students embarking on their first research project"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aEnvironmental literature.
650 0 _aEnvironmental sciences
_xResearch.
650 0 _aEnvironmental sciences
_xResearch
_xData processing.
650 0 _aEnvironmental sciences
_xResearch
_xMethodology.
650 0 _aTechnical writing.
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aIvanochko, Tara, 1972-
_tThink, do, and communicate environmental science
_b1.
_dNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
_z9781108526104
_w(DLC) 2020040232.
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