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Some things need to remain classified, like the President’s travel schedule, the location of nuke sites, or the names of Afghan informants.

The latest in the Science Communication Consortium series… The Science Communication Consortium presents:Science and Congress: The Role of Think Tanks and Congressional Science CommitteesThursday, April 24, 20087:00-8:30pmCUNY – 365 Fifth […]

Tomorrow at the University of Washington I will be speaking to the Department of Communication in the morning and then joined in the evening by Chris Mooney to deliver our […]

Last week, The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart announced the “Rally to Restore Sanity,” to be held October 30 on the National Mall. “Ours is a rally for the people who’ve […]

This month the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment published a special open access issue focused on science communication in environmental controversies. The issue features 6 review articles that […]

Have any memories of the May 1980 Mt. Saint Helens eruption? Send them in for Eruptions 30th anniversary commemoration.

Iceland may have ordered evacuations near Eyjafjallajökull-Fimmvörduháls after increased earthquakes underneath the Eyjafjallajokull ice cap, leading to fears of a potential jökulhlaup (volcanically-triggered volcanic flood).

Is there a volcanic eruption occurring on Venus?

I am back from the ion microprobe lab at Stanford after a few days of data collection, so I’ll be trying to get back on posting schedule here at Eruptions. […]

I wouldn’t normally use this blog for something like this, but google has failed me. When I was in New Zealand, I saw a video on the 1995-96 eruptions at […]

Last week I participated in a two-day workshop at NSF on climate change education. The meeting brought together researchers in science education, communication, and informal learning; representatives from government agencies […]

Sometimes I just don’t get it. Whether it is climate change, evolution, or vaccination, the more literal minded among science bloggers and pundits typically blame science journalists for breakdowns in […]

At The Yale Climate Forum, Lisa Palmer contributes a very useful feature reviewing various strategies for how scientists can write effective newspaper op-eds on climate change. Most of the first […]

In the lead editorial at Science last week, Harvard University’s Cristine Russell discusses the many emerging possibilities in science journalism. It’s a mistake to frame current events as a “crisis,” […]

George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication has relaunched its Web site with among the new features a discussion forum. They also have a section devoted to updating readers […]

This semester in the sophomore-level course I teach on “Communication and Society,” we spent several weeks examining the many ways that individuals and groups are using the internet to alter […]

Did the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snap a picture of a Martian eruption?

Michael Moore is in a class by himself when it comes to generating news attention, advance publicity, and box office for his documentary films. For example, when I was in […]

Bright sunny Wednesday here in Ohio made all the better upon hearing that the miners trapped in the Chilean mine have started to make their way – one by one […]

A new paper that finds that male professors who are “hot” are financially rewarded, while female professors who are “hot” are not.

Science has published four letters in response to our framing article along with a fifth letter as our reply. As it turns out, I know two of the correspondents fairly […]

Traditional communication campaigns seek to raise awareness, change behavior, or change policy. The FrameWorks Institute, in contrast, seeks to fundamentally reframe how Americans understand social issues, and through this new […]

“Plants can transmit information ‘from leaf to leaf in a very similar way to our own nervous systems,’ BBC News wrote.” Scientific American examines the implications of this observation.

One survey found that 90% of all the information on blogs and independent media sites was repackaged from traditional news sources.

For DC readers, NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco will be speaking at American University tonight. Details are below In 1998, Lubchenco as president of AAAS argued for a new social contract […]

The University of Wisconsin news office has posted a valuable Q&A with my friend and UW professor Dietram Scheufele. The occasion is a new study he has published with colleagues […]

As part of their conversation series with scientists, the NY Times this week runs an interview with Harvard’s Eric Mazur featuring the headline “Using the ‘Beauties of Physics’ to Conquer […]

Artist rendition of nanobot assisting in reproduction.As I highlighted last week, in the latest issue of Nature Nanotechnology my colleague Dietram Scheufele is the lead author on a survey analysis […]

Send me your memories of the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mt. Saint Helens for a 30th anniversary commemoration!

Do you have a question for Alan Boyle, the science editor for MSNBC.com? Here is your chance to ask him.