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Recent Staff Publications

Listed below are all the recent publications and presentations of the IGES staff. You can also find publications by name, clicking on the appropriate tab in the IGES Staff section.

Nancy Colleton, President

Editorial, “Location Data Reveals Our Changing Planet,” Live Science, May 2013.
Quoted in Stephanie Paige Ogburn, “Satellite program ‘no longer broken,’ NOAA administrator says at briefing,” Climate Wire, April 2013.
Quoted in Stephanie Paige Ogburn, “Budget Puts NOAA’s Focus on Weather; Some Climate Monitoring Shifts to NASA,” Climate Wire, April 2013.
Editorial, “As Weather Changes, Forecasts Lag,” Live Science, April 2013.
Testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget, March 2013. (Written Testimony)
Interview, “Women in Location: Environmental Monitoring,” LBx Journal – Special Feature, March 2013.
Editorial, with Shepherd, M., “The Next Secretary of Commerce or Weather,” Huffington Post Green Blog, March 2013.
Quoted in Andrew Freedman, “Budget Cuts May Degrade Weather, Climate Forecasting,” Climate Central, February 2013.
Interview, “Weather Forecasting at Risk,” The Weather Channel, February 2013.
Interview, “Environmental Intelligence Important for the Economy: The Case for Environmental Monitoring,” Imaging Notes, Winter 2013. (Note: Reprint of Sensors & Systems December 2012 interview.)
Editorial: “Hurricane Sandy, Protecting America, and Bipartisanship Beyond a Hug,” The Washington Post, January 2013.
Industry Insights Column, “U.S. Environmental Intelligence Efforts Need Leadership,” Earth Imaging Journal, December 2012.
Interview: “Making the Case for Environmental Information,” Sensors & Systems, December 2012.
“Note from Nancy Colleton, New CEC Deputy Chair,” IUCN CEC, November 2012.
Editorial: “Weather: A Hot Topic for the Next Administration,” The Washington Post, September 2012.
Interview, “Severe Weather and Politics,” The Weather Channel, September 2012.
Letter to the Editor: “Environmental Intelligence, Basic Thermodynamics, and Extreme Weather,” Physics Today, September 2012.
Second co-author in Goldstein et al. “Creating Pathways for Positive Change,” S.A.P.I.E.N.S (5:2), August 2012.
“Stakeholder Engagement,” Presentation at the CDR Applications panel, NOAA’s Annual Climate Data Records Conference. Asheville, N.C. August 2012.
“The Role of Space Assets in Environmental Issues,” Keynote speech at the Emerging Aerospace and Defence Green Technology & Environmental Sustainability Conference. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. June 2012.
Quoted in Kate Spinner, “Trimmed Budgets: A Forecast for Poorer Weather Predictions,” Herald Tribune, May 2012.
Quoted in Chiara Remondini and Alex Morales, “Satellites for Climate Checks Get Boost After Durban Talks,”Bloomberg Business Week, February 2012.
Editorial: “Budget Cuts Put ‘Environmental Intelligence’ at Risk,” Space News, April 2011.
Contribution to the National Research Council’s Understanding the Changing Planet: Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences report, 2010.
Presentation in “Green Space: Economic Growth at the Intersection of the Environment, Energy and Space” panel, Space Economy Leadership Summit, 2010. (Video)
“Climate change: A growing interest in the green industry,” American Nurseryman, 2009.
Quoted in Daniel N. Baker and Thomas N. Woods, “Small Satellites and the New Climate Observation Plans,”Space News, July 2009.
Quoted in Edward Goldstein, “From Shovel Ready to Satellite Ready,” Space News, March 2009.
Editorial: “Climate: Not Business as Usual,” Space News, March 2009.
Presentation in “What to Do About the Likes of Ike? Action to Make Our Nation More Resilient to Severe Weather and Climate Change” briefing, UCAR, October 2008.
Participation in “It’s the environment, stupid” roundtable, Aviation Week, July 2008. (Summary podcast)
Testimony before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics and Related Sciences on National Imperatives for Earth Science Research, March 2007. (Oral testimony)
Quoted in Sophie Hebden, “Scientists united on human-induced climate change,” ScieDev Net, February 2007.
Quoted in Richard Black, “Small Climate of Concern as US Polls Loom,” BBC News, October 2006.
Editorial: “The Rest of the Story,” Imaging Notes (Fall 2006) 37-38.
Presentation at the National Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Industry Day, March 2005.
Testimony before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing on the Implementation of GEOSS, March 2005. (Written Testimony, Oral Testimony)
With P. Dasch, “Public Outreach: Garnering Support for Future Human Exploration,” Paper presented at the International Space University (ISU), 2002.

Theresa Schwerin, Vice President, Education

With Delgado López, L. and Bernoskie, B. “Fostering Environmental Awareness from a Young Age: A Case Study from the IGES Art Contest,” earthzine, January 2013.
“NSTA Labs Out Loud® Podcast: Episode 85 – NASA Wavelength,” November 2012.
Schwerin, T.G., Peticolas, L., Porcello, D., and Bartolone, L. “NASA Wavelength: A New Digital Library for Science Educators,” Presentation at the American Geophysical Union 2012 Fall Meeting.
Schwerin, T.G., et al. “NASA Wavelength Focus Group,” Presentation at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Annual Conference, August 2012.
Witiw, M.R., Myers, R.J., and Schwerin, T.G., ”New Modules for NASA’s Global Climate Change Education (GCCE) Program: Sulfur Dioxide and Carbon Monoxide,” Presentation at the American Meteorological Society 21^st Symposium on Education, January 2012.
Blaney, L., Schwerin, T.G., and Myers, R.J. “ESSEA K-4 Keepers Collection: Service-Learning and Elementary Teacher Professional Development,” Presentation at the American Geophysical Union 2011 Fall Meeting.
Myers, R.J., Schwerin, T.G., and Blaney, L. “21^st Century Learning Skills Embedded in Climate Literacy Teacher Professional Development,” Presentation at the American Geophysical Union 2011 Fall Meeting.
Schwerin, T.G. and Myers, R.J. “The Earth System Science Education Alliance (ESSEA): Geoscience Education for Today’s Teachers,” Presentation at the American Geophysical Union 2011 Fall Meeting.
Co-author,“Hurricane Katrina: a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Activity for grades 7-12,” 2010.
Session Co-chair: “Innovative Practices in K-12 Pre- and In-Service Geoscience Teacher Professional Development,” Presentation at the American Geophysical Union 2009 Fall Meeting.
Editor, Classroom modules for grades 5-8 on Hurricanes and Malaria, “Potential Consequences of Climate Change and Variability,” 2008.
“ESSEA for integrating climate change into the K-12 classroom,” Presentation at the 8^th Annual National conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment. Washington, DC, 2008.
“ESSEA” Presentation at the Sally Ride Science Education Conference on Climate Change. Silver Spring, MD, July 2008.
Co-author of “Earth in Focus; Teaching Teachers who Teach Earth Science.” Encyclopedia of Earth/Earth Portal, March 2008.
“K-12 Climate Change Programs for Teachers and Students” Presentation at the National Center for Science Education conference: Climate Change: Science and Solutions, January 2008.
With B. Myers, Presentation at the “Innovative Teacher Training Programs in Earth Science” special session of the American Geophysical Union 2007 Fall Meeting.
Schwerin, T.G., Botti, J. A., Dauksys, C. Low, R., Myers, R., Slattery, W. “Earth System Science Education Alliance: Online Professional Development for K-12 Teachers.” Special Issue of the Journal of Geoscience Education, 2006.
Myers, Robert J. and Schwerin, Theresa G., “Unique Partnerships: Earth System Science Education Alliance,” Poster presentation at the American Geophysical Union Meeting, Dec. 2006.
“Earth Science Contests for Elementary and Secondary Students” Presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 2006.
Schwerin, T.G., et al. “Earth System Science Education Alliance: Online Professional Development for K-12 Teachers.” Journal of Geoscience Education, May 2006.
“Building a Better Classroom: Improving Teacher Education through the Earth System Science Education Alliance,” Presentation at the Special Session of the American Geophysical Union Fall conference, December 2003.
With Nancy Colleton,“Remote Sensing Education: Past, Present, and Future,” Presentation at the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2002.

Laura Delgado López, Earth Observations Associate

Interview, Actualidad Radio, March 2013.
Interview, Café CNN, CNN en Español, March 2013.
Schwerin, T., Delgado López, L. and Bernoskie, B. “Fostering Environmental Awareness from a Young Age: A Case Study from the IGES Art Contest,” earthzine, January 2013.
“Killer Asteroids: Popular Depictions and Public Policy Influence,” paper presented at the NASA Solar System Exploration @ 50 Symposium, October 2012.
Interview, Ahora con Oscar Haza, October 2012.
Interview, Destino USA, CNN en Español, April 2012.
“Predicting an Arms Race in Space: Problematic Assumptions,” Astropolitics (10:1, 2012) 49-67.
“Sino-Latin American space cooperation: A smart move,” Space Policy (28:1, February 2012) 7-14.
“Environmental Intelligence: A National Strategy,” Imaging Notes (27:1, Winter 2012) 16-19.
Profiles for Female Geoscientists Day, Earth Science Week 2011, October 2011
“Creating a National Strategy for Environmental Intelligence,” IUCN CEC Newsletter, August 2011 (English; Español)
Interview, Choque de Opiniones, CNN En Español, July 2011.
Interview, The Space Show, June 2011.
Editorial: “U.S. Encumbered by Paradigms of the Past,” Space News, June 2011.

John Ensworth, Senior Science Education Specialist

“Bring NASA Science Into Your Classroom” presentation at the NSTA National Convention, 2006.

Russanne Low, Senior Earth Scientist for Education & Public Outreach

Walker, C., Low, R., Zepeda, O. and Valdez, S. “The Science of Storytelling: Indigenous Perspective in Environmental Change.” Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2012 meeting. (In Press)
“Introduction to Earth’s Dynamically Changing Climate” PBS/NASA Global Climate Change Modules (Illustrator L. Tenenbaum), 2012.
“Impacts of a Warming Arctic” PBS/NASA Global Climate Change Modules (Illustrator L. Tenenbaum), 2012.
Low, R., Gosselin, D., Haney, C, Larson-Miller, C., Mandryk, C., and Bonnstetter, R. “Laboratory Earth Under the Lens: Diachronic Evaluation of an Integrated Graduate-Level On-line Earth System Science Course of Study.” Presentation at the American Geophysical Union 2012 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. December 2012.
Boger, Rebecca, Low, R. and Gorokovich, Y. “Climate Literacy: Higher Education Efforts in Climate Change Education.” Presentation at the American Geophysical Union 2012 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. December 2012.
Mandryk, C. and Low, R. “Climate Change: Global and Local Discourses.” Presentation at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. November 2012.
“Educating and Communicating about the Changing Planet: Activities of the NASA Earth EPO Forum.” Presentation at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2012 meeting. Phoenix, AZ. August, 2012.
With Mandryk, C.“Cross-cultural communication and cultural surprises: Unexpected issues and outcomes in a climate and sustainability education project for Latino K-5 Students.” Presentation at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2012 meeting. Phoenix, AZ. August, 2012.
With Gosselin, D. “Development of an Educator-Climatologist Learning Community (ECLC) using Web 2.0 and On- Line, Process-Oriented Climate Change Research and Educational Experiences & Global Climate Change Literacy for Educators: Using On-line Professional Development to Integrate Content and Pedagogy.” Presentation at the TriAgency (NSF/NASA/NOAA) PI Meeting. Arlington, VA. April 2012.
“NASA Innovations in Climate Education: Facilitating Broader Engagement with NASA’s Higher Education Initiatives.” Presentation at the American Indian Higher Education Conference. Rapid City, SD. March 2012.
With Gosselin, T. “Promoting Natural Resources Education in K-12 Classrooms: Developing Active Professional Learning Communities for Science Educators On-Line.” Presentation at the Undergraduate Education in Natural Resources Biennial Conference. Ft. Collins, CO. March 2012.
With Schwerin, T. “Get Involved! Emerging opportunities for 2-year institutions and faculty through NASA’s EPO Forum.” Presentation at the Innovations 2012 Conference. Philadelphia, PA. March 2012.
“Teaching Climate Change” STEM Education Resource Center: Professional Development, 2011.
Low, R., Gosselin, D. Oglesby, R., Larson-Miller, C., Thomas, J., and Malawagedara, R., “Integrating Scientific Content with Context to Connect Educators with the Complexities and Consequences of Climate Change” Presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. 2011.
Boger, B., Low, R. and Gorokovich, Y. “Global Climate Change, Food Security, and Local Sustainability: Ways to Increase Climate Literacy in Urban Students through University Collaborations.” Presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. 2011.
Low, R., Tenenbaum, L.F., and Schwerin, T. “Creating a Buzz in the Classroom: Proven Techniques for Integrating NASA Earth Science Visualizations, Multimedia and Interactives into Two-Year College Classrooms.” Presentation at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN. 2011.
With Kluger-Bell, B. “Inquiry in the Climate Change Classroom.” Center for Latin American Science and Arts (CLACE/OpEPA) Boulder, CO. September 2011.
Low, R., Mandryk, C., and Maurin, P. “Global AND Local: Activity-based Explorations Connecting Global Climate Change Processes to Changes in Students’ Own Communities.” Presentation at the Educator Workshop at the Astronomy Society of the Pacific National Conference. Baltimore, MD. August 2011.
Steffen, P., Moravchik, B., Low, R. “Evidence-Based Science – Climate in the Classroom.” Presentation at the Educator Workshop at the Astronomy Society of the Pacific National Conference. Baltimore, MD. August 2011.
With Mandryk, C. “Identifying Sources of Climate Change Misconceptions and Crafting Non-Ambiguous Climate Change Messages in Materials Developed for E/PO Audiences.” Presentation at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD. August 2011.
Low, R., Gosselin, D., Woudenberg, D., Larson-Miller, C. Bonnstetter, R., and Thomas, J. “Global Climate Change Literacy for Educators: Using On-line Professional Development to Integrate Content and Pedagogy.” Presentation at the Tri-agency Climate Change Education Meeting. Fairfax, VA. March 2011.
Gosselin, D. Low, R., Oglesby, R., Larson-Miller, C., Bonnstetter, R., Mawalagedara, R., and Thomas, J. “Development of an Educator-Climatologist Learning Community using Web 2.0 and On-line Process-Oriented Climate Change Research and Educational Experiences.” Presentation at the Triagency Climate Change Education Meeting. Fairfax, VA. March 2011.
“Teaching the Essential Principles of Climate Literacy in Middle and High School.” Presentation at the National Science Teachers Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. February 2011.
Low, R., CoBabe-Ammann, E., and Schultz, G. “The NASA Science Mission Directorate Education Forum Working Group on Higher Education: Building and Supporting a Network that Targets the Next Generation STEM Workforce.” Presentation at the NSF Earth System Science Education Alliance Workshop. Ithaca, NY. August 2011.
CoBabe-Ammann, E., Low, R., and Schultz, G. “The NASA Science Mission Directorate Education Forum Working Group on Higher Education: Building and Supporting a Network that Targets the Next Generation STEM Workforce.” Presentation at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific/Geological Society of America Joint Conference. Boulder, CO. July 2010.
Low, R. Soeffling, C., and Schwerin, T. “NASA Climate Resources for formal and informal education.” Presentation at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific/Geological Society of America Joint Conference. Boulder, CO. July 2010.
Participation at “The challenge of communicating and teaching climate science in a climate of confusion and controversy” panel. NASA Earth Science E/PO Retreat. Warrenton, VA. May 2010.
Organizer, “Meeting the Needs of Latino Students- Expert Panel Presentation.”NASA Earth Science E/PO Retreat. Warrenton, VA. May 2010.
Woudenberg, D., D. C. Gosselin, R. J. Bonnstetter, C. S. Larson-Miller, and R. Low. “Global climate change literacy for educators: Using on-line professional development to integrate content and pedagogy.” Presentation at the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA. January 2010.
With LaGrave, M. “Colorado Latino STEM Coalition.” Presentation at the National Association of State Science and Math Coalitions (NASSMC) Annual Coalition Directors’ Meeting. Arlington VA, September 2009.
“The GLOBE Program in Africa: Climate Change and Future Research Directions.” Presentation at the GLOBE Africa Consortium Regional Meeting. Cape Town, South Africa. June 2008.
Schwerin, T., Botti, J., Low, R., Slattery, W., and Myers, R. “Earth System Science Education Alliance.” Journal of Geoscience Education, 54(3): 215-222. 2006.
Few, A., Low, R. and Marlino, M. “Conceptual Modeling as Pedagogy.” Eos Transactions AGU, 2006.
Few, A., Marlino, M. and Low, R. “Modeling in the Classroom: An Evolving Tool.” Eos Transactions AGU, 2006.
Low, R., Reap, M., Slattery, W., Crannell, J. and Hessler, E. “Achieving Excellence in K-12 Earth Science Education: The Critical Role of Geoscientists.” Eos Transactions. AGU 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract U11C-07, 2005.
Scotchmoor, J., Marlino, M. and Low, R. Making a Broader Impact: Geoscience Education, Public Outreach, and Criterion 2. Report of a workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Berkeley, CA. May 2005.
Organizer, “Education in the Geosciences: K-16 and Beyond” Panel at the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Annual Symposium, Geological Society of America, St. Louis, MI. April 2004.
With Brame, R. Presentation at the “Teaching with the new Minnesota Earth System Science Standards” Workshop co-sponsored by Science CentrUM, University of Minnesota, and American Geological Institute (AGI). Minnesota Science Teachers Association. Mankato, MN. April 2004.
“School-based multidisciplinary teacher team building combining on-line professional development (ESSEA) and field-based environmental monitoring (GLOBE).” Eos Transactions. AGU 84(46), 2003.
“You can’t always get what you want, but you can create what you need: The promise of DLESE for pre-service teacher education.” Eos Transactions. AGU 84(46), 2003.
With Pandya, R. “Using DLESE to support Pre-Service Earth Science Teacher Training.” Presentation at the annual meeting of the National Science Teachers Association. Minneapolis, MN. October 2003.
Low, R., McGee, P and Metros, S. “Issues for Understanding Learning Objects in a Pedagogical Context.” Presentation at the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative (NLII) Annual Meeting. Columbus, OH. October 2003.
Panelist and Facilitator at the “Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences, On the Cutting Edge” panel. NSF Geosciences Early Career Workshop. Stanford, CA. August 2003.
With Goldston, D. “ Collaborative research on on-line learning of Earth science teachers.” Presentation at the National Center for On-line Learning Research Conference.” Chicago, IL. April 2003.
Organizer of the “Developing the Earth Science Teacher Workforce” session. American Geophysical Union annual conference. Washington, DC. May 2003.
“Trends in Federal Funding in Science Education.” Presentation at the Conference for Service Learning in Environmental Education. St. John, MN. March 2003.
“Earth system science education: Hybrid delivery for K-6 teachers.” Eos Transactions. AGU 83(47), Fall Meeting Abstract No. ED61A 0015, 2002.

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