Join us and learn to communicate science across conflicting viewpoints. 🗓️ Fri, Aug 14, 2026 from 1-4pm ET / 10am-1pm PT 🔗 buff.ly/nyN0XML #ScienceCommunication #SciencePolicy #StrategicEngagement #Partisanship

Come meet our team, hear about our work, & explore ways we can work together to help ensure decisions are guided by the best available knowledge. 🗓️ Wed, Aug 12 from 10-11am PT/ 1-2pm ET 🔗 buff.ly/HaScIKV #ScienceCommunication #ScienceEngagement #ProfessionalDevelopment

Attending ESA? Smith Fellows is hosting a mixer for conservation scientists with an emphasis on building collaborations that support early career professionals and the work to move conservation science into practice. Join us July 29 6:30 - 8:00 pm! planion.events/e/esa/am2026...

In April, COMPASS & the National Caucus of Environmental Leaders held a briefing for state legislators to equip them to respond to the growing wildfire crisis in their jurisdictions. Read more about the briefing & view the recording: buff.ly/ONqBas8 #SciComm #PolicyEngagement #SciPol #Wildfire

New climate solutions don't happen in isolation. They build on scientific knowledge and partnerships. In our latest blog, Dr. Mallory Ringham shares lessons from one of the first sustained, permitted #mCDR field pilots and what it takes to advance climate solutions in practice: buff.ly/xEhBhAV

Piloting Climate Solutions: A Conversation with Dr. Mallory Ringham | COMPASS

What does it take to move emerging climate solutions beyond the lab? How do you build trust around new approaches? What can you realistically measure? And how do we share […]

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This fall, COMPASS is hosting 3 free virtual #SciComm workshops to help #mCDR professionals communicate complex science clearly and effectively: ✨ Developing Your Message (9/16) ✨ Communicating Risk (10/7) ✨ Engaging with the Media (10/28) Join us for one, two, or all three: buff.ly/sbx23Fs

✨This Friday: Strategic Science Communication✨ Wherever you are on your journey, this workshop will provide you with an opportunity to practice communicating strategically about science topics that matter to you. Register today: buff.ly/srzmnQ6

We have enjoyed working with Smith Fellows for the past few years. Applications are now open for the next cohort—check it out!

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Applications are NOW OPEN for Smith Fellows conservation research Fellowships beginning in 2027! View the Proposal Guidelines and apply here: smithfellows.org/proposal-gui...

Strategic science communication means tailoring your messaging for your audience. But how do you change your messaging when you have different audiences, and what should factor into those changes? 👉️ Swipe through to learn more. #ScienceCommunication #SciComm #StrategicCommunication

Advancing #climate innovations responsibly means examining how decisions are made and whose voices are included. In our latest post, social scientist Dr. Amanda Borth shares insights into meaningful public engagement and how COMPASS's mCDR Leaders cohort has shaped her work:

Moving the Needle in Science Engagement with Dr. Amanda Borth | COMPASS

When people think about marine carbon dioxide removal, they often focus on the technology. But just as important are the questions about how decisions get made, whose perspectives are included, […]

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#NACCR2026 is just around the corner! If you're attending, we'd love to connect with you at any of our sessions or at our social hour on Wednesday at the News Room. RSVP here: www.compassscicomm.org/event/2026-c...

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We're excited to join colleagues from across #conservation and #restoration at #NACCR2026 in Milwaukee this July! If you’re attending, we hope you'll join us at any of our 3 events to strengthen #scicomm skills, exchange ideas, and build connections. Learn more: buff.ly/CMYTtFT

How can scientists engage with policy? Find and follow your North Star, consider the best scale for you to plug in and identify the player you should engage with. #PolicyEngagement #ScienceAndPolicy #SciencePolicy #ScienceCommunication #StrategicMessaging

As we close out June, join us to honor the diversity of our LGBTQ+ community again and their powerful voices in conserving our environment! 🤩 Happy Pride and explore a variety of resources created by our CARE committee: scbnorthamerica.org/index.php/ca...

✨Upcoming workshop: Strategic Science Communication✨ Wherever you are on your journey, this workshop will provide you with an opportunity to practice communicating strategically about science topics that matter to you. Register today: buff.ly/srzmnQ6

We're excited to join colleagues from across #conservation and #restoration at #NACCR2026 in Milwaukee this July! If you’re attending, we hope you'll join us at any of our 3 events to strengthen #scicomm skills, exchange ideas, and build connections. Learn more: buff.ly/CMYTtFT

Celebrate National Fishing and Boating Week with this delicious recipe for grilled black sea bass with smoked paprika, courtesy of North Carolina Sea Grant’s Mariner’s Menu. www.fisheries.noaa.gov/insight/blac...

"If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water." Loren Eiseley Happy World Ocean Day from COMPASS! #ocean #WorldOceanDay #Conservation #ConservationScience #ScienceCommunication #StrategicMessaging

Facts inform. Stories stick. Join our virtual storytelling workshop to learn how to uncover and tell stories from your research that engage audiences and make ideas memorable. 📅 Join us next Friday, June 12: buff.ly/sKYdNM9

Happy Pride Month! 🌈 This month and every month, we celebrate and support LGBTQ+ scientists, practitioners, communicators, and community members working to create a more sustainable, equitable future.

We’re hosting a virtual open house! Join us to learn more about our science communication workshops, facilitation approach, and collaboration work — and explore ways we can work together! 🗓️ Friday, June 5 from 10-11am PT/ 1-2pm ET 🔗 buff.ly/v5XQgth

At #OSM26, we partnered with California Ocean Science Trust to host a community conversation on the state of #mCDR science. The discussion reinforced how important inclusive dialogue is for navigating uncertainty and building trust in emerging fields. Read our reflections here:

Lessons on Collaboration and Responsible Innovation: Insights from mCDR | COMPASS

The ocean is like a giant sponge, quietly absorbing and storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. If we could make that sponge even more absorbent — through coastal restoration projects, […]

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🔥 New Community Feature! 🔥 Meet Dr. Kira Hoffman, a fire ecologist at the UBC focused on supporting Nations to lead cultural burning, wildfire response, and land management on their own terms. Read more about her work and impact: buff.ly/OtckvF4 #SciComm #IndigenousKnowledge #FireEcology

Restorative Fire: Reframing Fire Management with Dr. Kira Hoffman | COMPASS

In northern British Columbia a group gathers at the edge of a recent burn. Smoke drifts low across the landscape. The ground is warm underfoot.  For ten days, the Gitanyow […]

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It’s Job Board Friday! 🌱 This week’s featured listings include roles from David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Rails to Trails Conservancy, and two fellowship opportunities from The Nature Conservancy and Union of Concerned Scientists. 💼 Explore these roles and more: greentwopointzero.org/careers

Coral reefs can absorb up to 97% of wave energy and protect coastlines from billions in storm damage. But many of the Caribbean’s most important reefs are still unprotected — just as stronger hurricanes and coral bleaching threaten to wipe them out. theconversation.com/many-of-the-...

Many of the Caribbean’s most important reefs are going unprotected

Healthy coral reefs can significantly reduce hurricane damage for coastlines, yet many still face harms, including pollution and ship damage, that people have the power to stop.

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Tech, such as chatbots, is a tool that has uses in writing. But it can't help you understand how other humans will respond. Knowing the audience you are writing for is what ultimately makes your science communication effective. #CommunicationSkills #SciComm #StrategicMessaging #Writing

✨This Friday: Writing with Purpose Workshop✨ We’ll support you as you plan out how you’re going to strategically share your key messages in your writing, so that you can achieve your science communication goals. 🔗Join us: buff.ly/9Hzp2hQ #CommunicationSkills #SciComm #StrategicMessaging #Writing

Get your #HurricanePrep on: Are you ready? It's National Hurricane Preparedness Week...

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The best time to prepare for hurricanes is BEFORE hurricane season begins. Avoid having to rush through potentially life-saving preparations by waiting until it’s too late. #HurricanePrep #HurricaneStrong noaa.gov/prepare-before-hurricane-season

New on the Career Center: *Natl Areas Program Manager Washington State Dept of Natural Resources *Researcher/Educator, The Nature Institute *Visiting Asst Prof of Enviro Studies, Amherst College *Asst or Assoc Prof, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science https://ow.ly/nU3a50YUwx8

We are grateful this month and every month for our Asian and Pacific Islander colleagues and friends, and the important perspectives they bring to science communication. #AAPI #AAPIHM #ScienceCommunication

You have your communication goal in mind. But what level of policy should you engage in to move the needle towards that goal? Your goal may be best addressed in your state government, or is the federal government might be the better route. #CommuniactionSkills #SciComm #SciencePolicy #Policy