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  • Managing Environmental Research Data.
    2020
    Co-Authors: Peter Mooney, Adam C. Winstanley
    Abstract:

    Environmental science Researchers are now using and generating ever-increasing volumes of data and information about our natural world. It is estimated that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA's) STRIVE (Science, Technology, Research and Innovation for the Environment) Research funding programme will “involve more than 1,000 Researchers and company-based scientists over its seven-year lifetime”1. The EPA's Environmental Research Centre (ERC) expects that large volumes of Environmental data and information will be generated by projects funded by STRIVE. One of the key objectives of the STRIVE programme is to make the outcomes and data from this Research available “in a coherent and timely manner which will ensure synergies across the wider Research agenda and early availability of these outputs into the formulation of policy”2. Consequently, the STRIVE programme must adopt best international practice in Environmental Research data management. Management of these Environmental Research data is a core activity for the ERC with particular emphasis on the application of appropriate data management techniques to ensure their long-term availability and accessibility. Environmental Research data are often irreplaceable; they are always unique particularly in the spatial location and temporal characteristics of their collection. They can also be extremely expensive and difficult to collect or generate. For these reasons the EPA and the ERC attach great importance to the ongoing development of systems that will ensure that maximum benefits are derived from Research data once acquired.

  • Integrating Environmental Research Data intothe Shared Environmental Information System
    2020
    Co-Authors: Peter Mooney, Padraig Corcoran, Adam C. Winstanley
    Abstract:

    The paper describes efforts underway at the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure that Environmental Research data generated by the EPA's Research funding programmes are properly managed with a view of future integration of these data streams into SEIS. The paper argues that the flows of data and information from Environmental Research will greatly enhance the usage and application of SEIS by assisting European citizens, stakeholders, decision makers, and policy makers obtain access to Research data. The thematic, geospatial, and temporal heterogeneity of data and information flows from Environmental Research will provide SEIS with a rich geoscientifc resource.

Jazlin Ebenezer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Analyzing Senior Science Student Teachers’ Environmental Research Projects of Scientific Inquiry: a Preliminary Study
    Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2020
    Co-Authors: Muammer Çalik, Tuncay Özsevgeç, Zeynel Küçük, Ayşe Aytar, Hüseyin Artun, Tugçe Kolayli, Zeynep Kiryak, Neslihan Ültay, Burcin Turan, Jazlin Ebenezer
    Abstract:

    Abstract The aim of this study is to assess a group of senior science student teachers’ (SSSTs) Environmental Research project reports as an indicator of their ability to do scientific inquiry. The SSSTs conducted their own Environmental Research projects with innovative technologies after they were taught the Technology-embedded Scientific Inquiry (TESI) model. A total of 29 Environmental Research project reports were assessed using Scientific Inquiry Ability rubrics. The SSSTs’ Environmental Research projects generally reflected attainment of various levels of scientific inquiry abilities. The study implies that the science education classes that integrate innovative technologies focus on developing the sophisticated attributes of scientific inquiry so that SSSTs put forth a conscious effort in attaining higher levels of proficiency when they engage in Environmental Research projects.

  • High School Students’ Reasons for Their Science Dispositions: Community-Based Innovative Technology-Embedded Environmental Research Projects
    Research in Science Education, 2018
    Co-Authors: Jazlin Ebenezer, Osman Nafiz Kaya, Dima Kassab
    Abstract:

    The purpose of this investigation was to qualitatively describe high school students’ reasons for their science dispositions (attitude, perception, and self-confidence) based on their long-term experience with innovative technology-embedded Environmental Research projects. Students in small groups conducted Research projects in and out of school with the help of their teachers and community experts (scientists and engineers). During the 3-year period of this nationally funded project, a total of 135 students from five schools in a mid-west State participated in Research activities. Of the 135 students, 53 students were individually interviewed to explore reasons for their science dispositions. Students’ reasons for each disposition were grouped into categories, and corresponding frequency was converted to a percentage. The categories of reasons were not only attributed to the use of innovative technologies in Environmental Research but also the contexts and events that surrounded it. The reasons that influenced students’ science dispositions positively were because engaging in Environmental Research projects with technology contributed to easing fear and difficulty, building a Research team, disseminating findings, communicating with the community, Researching with scientists, training by teachers, and acknowledging teachers’ knowledge. These results advanced how and why students develop science dispositions in the positive direction, which are as follows: building science teacher capacity, developing a community of inquirers, and committing to improve pedagogical practices.

H. Vereecken - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Towards a network of observatories in terrestrial Environmental Research
    Advances in Geosciences, 2006
    Co-Authors: Heye Bogena, K. Schulz, H. Vereecken
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    Abstract. In order to address the challenges of global change, interdisciplinary Research in terrestrial Environmental science is of great importance. Several Environmental Research networks have already been established in order to monitor, analyse and predict the impact of global change on different compartments and/or matter cycles of the environment. Typically these Environmental Research networks have focused on specific Research questions, and compartments, such as CarboEurope, FLUXNET and ILTER. In this paper, we propose the establishment of a network of terrestrial observatories, defined as a system consisting of the subsurface environment, the land surface including the biosphere, the lower atmosphere and the anthroposphere. Hydrological units will be used as the basic scaling units in a hierarchy of evolving scales and structures ranging from the local scale to the regional scale for multi-disciplinary process studies. Although terrestrial systems are extremely complex, the terrestrial component in most process-based climate and biosphere models is typically represented in a very conceptual and often rudimentary way. Remedying this deficiency is therefore one of the most important challenges in Environmental and terrestrial Research, and we suggest that terrestrial observatories could be an important step towards a new quality in Environmental and terrestrial Research.

Communications Branch - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.