Time Scavengers is creating a web-community by two geoscience graduate students, Jen and Adriane. They develop and curate the content on TimeScavengers.blog. They explore and explain climate change and evolution through the lens of deep/geologic time. They have 30+ content pages that explore science, data, paleontology, geology, isotopes, paleoclimatology, and more. Additionally, they have several blog components that brings the public in to the lives of scientists. Scientists are classically pictured in lab coats with wild hair – this is simply not the case for 99% of scientists. They hope to dispel some misconceptions about scientists and help make their work and lives more understandable. The blogs include: Meet the Scientist, where they feature new scientists twice a month to explore their work, experiences, and drive for scientific curiosity. Climate & Paleo News, blogs dissect a recent scientific article and provides a better understanding of the bigger picture for a non-science audience. Field Excursions, showcase their field trips, research trips, or just fun adventures outside that involve geology, paleontology, or related content. Education and Outreach, a blog where they show how they give back to their local communities through outreach or educational events, and why doing so is important. Science Bytes, where they explain what they, as scientists, do on a regular basis. Some weeks they pick microfossils and other weeks they travel to national conferences. Byte of Life, where they share advice to others in academia based on their own experiences in their fields. This ranges from applying to graduate school to being part of marginalized groups and a scientist, and how they navigate their struggles and successes.
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