Teaching the difficult past of statistics to improve the future

L Kennedy-Shaffer - Journal of Statistics and Data Science …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, the discipline of statistics has begun reckoning with its difficult history.
Institutions are reconsidering names that have honored key historical figures in statistics …

The harmful legacy of colonialism in natural hazard risk

JP Scarlett - nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
The legacies of the colonial practices of geoscience in creating long term vulnerabilities to
natural hazards is often neglected in discussions of how to live with natural hazards today …

Aquatic mammal fossils in Latin America–a review of records, advances and challenges in research in the last 30 years

M Viglino, AM Valenzuela-Toro… - The Latin American …, 2023 - zora.uzh.ch
Records of aquatic mammal fossils (eg cetaceans, pinnipeds, sirenians, mustelids, and
desmostylians) from Latin America (Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, including Antartica) span …

Critical Engaged Pedagogy to Confront Racism and Colonialism in (Geo) Science Education Through a Historical Lens

EJ Diaz-Vallejo, K Keefover-Ring… - … Science, Systems and …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
The geosciences continue to grapple with the exclusion of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and
other students of Color. These patterns can be understood in the discipline's roots in …

Reimagining geoscience education for sustainability

EP Metzger - Earth Science, Systems and Society, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
Geoscience is crucial for addressing sustainability challenges related to climate change, the
energy transition, water resources management, and natural hazards. However, the capacity …

Curriculum Decolonization and Internationalization: A Critical Perspective from South Africa

S Heleta, S Chasi - Journal of International Students, 2024 - ojed.org
This conceptual paper presents a decolonial critique of Eurocentric epistemic hegemony in
South Africa and its impact on the curriculum. We argue that the propagation of knowledge …

Chemical speciation models based upon the Pitzer activity coefficient equations, including the propagation of uncertainties. III. Seawater from the freezing point to 45° …

SL Clegg, JF Waters, DR Turner, AG Dickson - Marine Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
A quantitative understanding of pH, acid-base equilibria, and chemical speciation in natural
waters including seawater is needed in applications ranging from global change to …

The decolonial pedagogies of colonial violence: Curricular decolonisation in the (geo) sciences

J Cupples - Area, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This article explores the ways in which physical scientists, especially in the geosciences, are
responding to calls to decolonise university curricula in current conjunctural conditions. It …

[HTML][HTML] “you just look at rocks, and have beards” Perceptions of Geology From the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Analysis From an Online Survey

SL Rogers, S Giles, N Dowey, SE Greene… - … Science, Systems and …, 2024 - escubed.org
In the last few decades, Geology courses, particularly in the Global North, have seen a
decline in student enrolment. Geologists have linked this downturn to a lack of exposure to …

The shadowlands of (geo) science communication in academia–definitions, problems, and possible solutions

S Gani, L Arnal, L Beattie, J Hillier… - Geoscience …, 2024 - gc.copernicus.org
Science communication is an important part of research, including in the geosciences, as it
can (1) benefit both society and science and (2) make science more publicly accountable …