[Info] NEWS from NCEAS

[LeeAnne French]

      Scientists say Microplastics are a Macro Problem
      <https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/scientists-say-microplastics-are-macro-problem>

Plastic pollution is a growing concern shared by scientists and people 
across the world. Within the last few years, ecological and 
environmental researchers are shifting their concern toward a 
plastic-related problem that cannot be easily seen by the human eye. 
Researchers from the NCEAS' Working Group "Marine debris: Scale and 
impact of trash in ocean ecosystems" offer their perspective 
on microplastics in the ocean published in /Science. /More> 
<https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/scientists-say-microplastics-are-macro-problem>


      Open Science Codefest: At the nexus of environmental sciences and
      computer programming
      <https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/open-science-codefest-nexus-environmental-sciences-and-computer-programing>

In the spirit of collaboration and commitment to advancing scientific 
knowledge, NCEAS invites environmental scientists and computer 
programmers to come together and participate in the first Open 
Science Codefest, September 2-4, 2014 
<http://nceas.github.io/open-science-codefest/>, in beautiful Santa 
Barbara, California! Inspired by hack-a-thons and organized in the 
participant-driven, "unconference" style, the Open Science Codefest is 
for anyone with an interesting problem, solution, or idea that 
intersects environmental science and computer programming. *This is the 
conference where you will actually get stuff done. *Registration is 
free*. *Register <http://nceas.github.io/open-science-codefest/> by 
August 1 and get the special NCEAS room rate at the conference hotel at 
the beach. More> 
<https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/open-science-codefest-nexus-environmental-sciences-and-computer-programing>



      Save the Date: NCEAS co-sponsors mixer at Ecological Society of
      America annual meeting
      <https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/save-date-nceas-co-sponsors-mixer-ecological-society-america-annual-meeting>

The National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) 
<http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/> and The National Socio-Environmental 
Synthesis Center (SESYNC) <http://www.sesync.org/> invite you to 
*'Pathways to Opportunity'*, a NCEAS--SESYNC Mixer at the Ecological 
Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting <http://esa.org/am/info/theme/> 
in Sacramento, CA on Tuesday, August 12, 2014, 5:30-7-30 pm at the 
nearby Cafeteria 15L Patio.


-- 
LeeAnne French, MESM
Associate Director of Communication and Outreach
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
University of California, Santa Barbara
French at nceas.ucsb.edu
805-893-7551

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