<div dir="ltr">Hi Clarisse,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the note. For "The Conversation" piece, I was thinking of focusing on the need for prediction, for ecologists to be able to provide some ideas about what our ecosystems are going to look like in 50 or 100 years. I was thinking we could start with the idea that ecologists have generally been shy about prediction compared to some other disciplines, for example Economics, yet the demand is real. I would then go on to make the case that the case studies in our special issue represent several real advances in our ability to talk about the future. We have new tools such as scenarios and models and more importantly, we have long term data that allows us to make informed projections about the future. </div><div><br></div><div>There are just my initial thoughts, and I am keen to see what Michael, who has had a lot more experience with "The Conversation" thinks about this. And I am not sure just what stories we would highlight.</div><div><br></div><div>I am hoping that we can share our ideas with this group as they develop and get some feedback.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Peter</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Peter!<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for the update, and for all your effort (and Julie’s, too!) in making this special issue idea a reality.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>Please keep us posted when the proofs go in!</b><u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-1642475965060664373MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Like the press release, we assume The Conversation piece (it’s fantastic that you’re doing this!) will speak to the entire special issue from an LTER-wide perspective, but
<b>if there will be a particular focus on specific stories or sites, could you let us know?</b> This will help our committee better support story-pitching at the site level, and will also help us better amplify the Conversation piece when it comes out!<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_-1642475965060664373MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">We suspect that the stories that will get the most traction in the news media are those that link to timely current events in Sept/Oct – like wildfire, possibly hurricanes if the season
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<b>To:</b> Marty Downs <<a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a>><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [LTER-commcom] Tomorrow's meeting<u></u><u></u></p>
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