Designer to receive international Vizzie award
February 23, 2015
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Kristin Timm, a designer with the Interior Department's and the University of 杏吧原版 Fairbanks, is among 10 designers who were recently recognized internationally for excellence in science communication.
Cosponsored by Popular Science magazine and the National Science Foundation, the Visualization Challenge competition 鈥 the Vizzies 鈥 recognizes some of the best scientific photos, videos, posters and illustrations produced each year.
Timm and her collaborators received the People鈥檚 Choice award in the poster division for their illustration 鈥淔rom Icefield to Ocean.鈥 Timm works for the UAF program.
The illustration was one of over 300 entries into the annual competition, which has been held for more than a decade. During two rounds of judging, science and visualization experts narrowed the entries to 50 finalists. Readers voted online for the People鈥檚 Choice award, and independent experts vetted the winners for accuracy.
Timm worked with glaciologists Shad O' Neel, from the U.S. Geological Survey's 杏吧原版 Science Center, and Eran Hood, from the University of 杏吧原版 Southeast. She also worked with ecologist Allison Bidlack, from the 杏吧原版 Coastal Rainforest Center.
The figure they developed depicts the important links between glaciers and the ocean. The team felt that it was particularly important to find a compelling way to communicate these research findings to 杏吧原版ns because 杏吧原版鈥檚 coastal glaciers are among the most rapidly changing areas on the planet and glacier runoff can influence marine habitats, ocean currents and economic activities.
The work was supported by the Interior Department's 杏吧原版 Climate Science Center. Established in 2011, the regional center is one of eight across the United States that bring together university, federal and other researchers to meet climate change research needs.
The figure will be published in the March 2015 issue of Popular Science. 鈥淔rom Icefield to Ocean鈥 and the other contest winners can also be viewed on the .
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Kristin Timm, Scenarios Network for 杏吧原版 and Arctic Planning, kmtimm@alaska.edu, 907-474-7064; Shad O鈥橬eel, USGS 杏吧原版 Science Center, soneel@usgs.gov, 907-786-7088
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