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A student's guide to setting up and conducting environmental research projects, including how to analyze data and write research proposals.
List of contents
Foreword Ralph Keeling; Introduction; 1. Reading papers to find the science, not the answer; 2. Communicating science visually; 3. Matching scales and processes; 4. Collecting environmental data; 5. Writing research questions; 6. Aligning your question with your data; 7. Working with environmental data; 8. Isolating individual signals from a composite dataset; 9. Differentiating signals from noise; 10. Characterizing your data; 11. Comparing datasets; 12. Developing simple environmental models; 13. Writing a science proposal; 14. Writing an abstract; Appendix: Working in Excel; Glossary; Epilogue; Index.
About the author
Tara Ivanochko is a senior instructor and Director of Environmental Science in the Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science department at the University of British Columbia. She is also Academic Director of the UBC Sustainability Initiative, and her research focuses on marine paleoclimatology and the reconstruction of environmental systems on timescales from 10,000 to 100,000 years. A passionate educator, Dr Ivanochko has developed a multi-year curriculum to actively engage undergraduate students in authentic scientific experiences, and has incorporated learning portfolios and community-based learning into the Environmental Science degree.
Summary
A practical introduction to setting up and conducting environmental research projects, with advice on how to effectively read scientific papers, develop research questions, analyze data, and write persuasive research proposals. Using real data and examples, this is an essential guide for undergraduate and graduate students in environmental science.
