Science communication | Michelle McCrackin

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Phosphorous and Nitrogen
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2019.1.6

BLOG: From finance to phosphorus. Michelle McCrackin tells a personal story about how she went from being an accountant to becoming a scientist.

I participated in a Story Collider event at the ASLO Summer Meeting in June 2018. I had always been a fan of story-telling shows, both at live performances and in podcasts, but never thought I would have the courage to do something like this myself.

2018.10.11

Science communication

Welcome to WEGAS!

No, that's not a typo. WEGAS is short for Water Equilibration Gas Analysis System, scientific analytical instruments that we took on board the recent research cruise.

2018.10.7

Phosphorous and Nitrogen

Science communication

Digging in the mud

I currently spend most of my time in the office, working with large datasets and computer models. So, I jumped at the opportunity to join a research cruise. It was great to be out of the office and learn first-hand about interesting research being...

2018.5.15

Phosphorous and Nitrogen

Science communication

No "silver bullet" to restore the Baltic Sea

I had the honor of joining a panel discussion organized by Centrum Balticum at the Turku School of Economics in Finland. The question posed to the panel was “Can geo-engineering save the Sea?” The general sentiment among the panelists was that the...

2018.4.16

Science communication

The reason for seaons

As the Earth moves around the sun, it rotates on a tilted axis; this is the cause of seasons

2018.1.14

Science communication

We all live in a watershed

What happens upstream doesn't necessarily stay upstream

2018.1.5

Phosphorous and Nitrogen

Agriculture

Science communication

What is eutrophication?

You might be more familiar with the symptoms of eutrophication than the term itself

2017.11.7

Science communication

What is science?

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge - Carl Sagan

2017.10.29

Science communication

My acorn obsession

Watching an acorn grow into a seedling helps to pass the long, dark winter

2017.7.24

Science communication

Explosive medicine

What do a scientific prize, an explosive compound, and heart disease have in common?

2017.7.20

Science communication

Who is Svante Arrhenius?

On my way to the office on the Stockholm University campus, I walk down Svante Arrhenius väg, past a bronze bust of Svante Arrhenius and the Arrheniuslaboratorierna (Arrhenius Laboratories).

2017.6.25

Science communication

Rediscovering curiosity

As a child, I was shy, quiet, and socially awkward. So I retreated into my head and to books. For some reason, I was particularly drawn to field guides. I wanted to understand the natural world and was fascinated by the variety of everything – tre...

2017.6.13

Phosphorous and Nitrogen

Agriculture

Science communication