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Building Bridges to the Future: Synergies Between Art and Technology in Communicating Urban Evolution Under Climate Change

This study examines how data visualization and interactive art can be combined to communicate complex urban climate change data to diverse audiences, exploring synergies between artistic approaches and scientific information design to improve public understanding of environmental challenges.

2025 Sustainability
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Bridging the gap: enhancing science communication in synthetic biology with specific teaching modules, school laboratories, performance and theater

Researchers presented four science communication strategies for synthetic biology education, including iGEM student modules at TU Berlin, public 'Long Night of the Sciences' events, theatrical performance formats, and school laboratory programs designed to bridge the gap between scientists and the general public.

2024 Frontiers in Synthetic Biology 1 citations
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Producing and Communicating an Interactive Popular Science Video for New Media: Using as an Example the Theme of Marine Microplastics Spelling Big Problems for Future Generations

This paper describes the production and communication strategies for an interactive science video on microplastic pollution aimed at a general audience. It discusses how popular science media can bridge the gap between complex research findings and public understanding of environmental threats.

2017 4 citations
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Sensory Virtual Interaction Design Based on the Impact of Microplastics on Ecosystem

Researchers designed a virtual reality interactive experience that communicates the impact of microplastics on ecosystems to audiences. Using immersive virtual environments to convey scientific information about microplastic pollution could improve public understanding and engagement with this environmental issue.

2023 AHFE international
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Understanding microplastics, and visual art as a method of communication: scientific poster versus painting

This study found that over 30% of people preferred a painting over a scientific poster as a way to understand information about microplastics and human health. Visual art may be an effective tool for raising public awareness about the risks of microplastic pollution.

2021
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The Science-Media Interface

This edited book examines how scientific findings are communicated between researchers, science journalists, and the public, focusing on how digital media has blurred boundaries between academic and popular science communication. It analyzes how these interactions affect measures of scientific impact and credibility.

2023 1 citations
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Thanks for inviting me to the party: Virtual poster sessions as a way to connect in a time of disconnection

This is an educational conference proceedings article discussing the use of virtual poster sessions as a tool for student connection and engagement in academic settings. It is not a primary environmental or microplastics research article.

2020 Ecology and Evolution 27 citations
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Hubs for Interactive Literature (HILs) as a Complimentary Visual Tool for Reviews

Researchers introduce Hub for Interactive Literature visualizations as a tool to map and communicate the fragmented terminology and methodological diversity in microplastics research.

2024 Microplastics
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Evolution and innovation: Contemporary trends in graphic design

Despite its title referencing innovation and contemporary trends, this paper studies graphic design practices and the skills required for designers working in a digital, user-centric environment — not microplastic pollution. It examines design trends and methodologies and is not relevant to microplastics or human health.

2025 Art and Design 1 citations
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Methodological Approach to Industrial Waste Treatment Research and Visualization of Information and Analytical Review

Researchers developed a scientific-methodological framework for studying industrial and household solid waste treatment, incorporating information visualization techniques to enhance analytical review of waste management technologies. The approach uses linear-sequential schemes and visual information analytics to identify promising treatment methods from large volumes of scientific literature.

2024 Labour protection problems in Ukraine
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The Challenge of Interdisciplinarity at the Intersection of Groundwater Management and Visualization Research

Researchers conducted a design study developing an interactive visualization prototype for temporal and spatial hydrogeological data, created in close collaboration with hydrogeological researchers to support model calibration and industry communication. Key findings from the iterative design process showed that enabling scientists to visualize their own data dramatically increased engagement among initially skeptical users, and rapid prototyping tools proved essential for unlocking the practical value of visual analytics in groundwater management.

2023 IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 3 citations
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Issue Information

This article serves as issue information for a scientific journal volume and does not contain a primary research abstract or findings.

2025 Journal of Applied Toxicology
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Re-presenting Research

This open-access book investigates how scientific findings are re-presented and transformed when communicated to general audiences through popularization discourse, examining the linguistic and rhetorical strategies used in science communication.

2023 6 citations
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Research on the Shooting Techniques for Online Interactive Video Production and Audience Understandings of Popular Science News Feature: Using Environmental Issues as an Example Subtitle as Needed

This Taiwanese study investigated effective techniques for shooting online interactive science news features about environmental issues, examining how different visual approaches affected audience comprehension. Effective science communication is important for building public understanding of environmental issues including microplastic pollution.

2018
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Science Communication as a Creative Endeavor

Researchers developed a science communication training programme at the CONNECT 2025 conference for students and lecturers in the Western Balkans, using group projects to build skills in presenting and communicating scientific research across borders.

2025 AIDASCO Reviews
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Masthead - Full issue pdf

This entry is a journal masthead or full issue PDF, containing no primary research content. No substantive scientific findings are reported in this record.

2023 Chemistry International
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Cosplay as a Novel Method for Outreach in Ocean Science

Scientists used cosplay costumes at Comic-Con to engage convention attendees on the topic of ocean microplastic pollution, distributing 240 informational flyers during a 6-hour session. The authors propose cosplay as a creative and accessible outreach method for marine science education at large public events.

2023 Current The Journal of Marine Education 1 citations
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Vanishing Point Unseen : an art/science collaboration and exhibition on the impact of microplastics in our oceans

This paper describes Vanishing Point, an art-science collaboration and exhibition raising public awareness of ocean plastic pollution and its ecological and social impacts. The project illustrates how scientific findings about microplastics can be communicated to broader audiences through visual art and storytelling.

2017 Figshare
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How to strengthen societal impact of research and innovation? Lessons learned from assessing participatory knowledge infrastructures funded by the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development

This paper is not about microplastics; it evaluates participatory knowledge infrastructures in Dutch public health research and innovation to identify lessons for strengthening societal impact.

2023 Research Square (Research Square) 2 citations
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Transdisciplinary research: if it's so important, why aren't we all doing it?

This Dutch paper advocates for transdisciplinary research as an essential approach for tackling complex environmental challenges, describing practical steps for collaboration between academic and applied researchers.

2023 TNO Repository
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A Study on Environmentally Sustainable Interaction Design Guided by User Behavior: Addressing Unsustainable Consumption

Researchers developed a hybrid physical-digital interaction system using gamification, narrative design, and mixed-reality technologies to guide pro-environmental consumer behavior, constructing a closed-loop system that transforms abstract environmental responsibility into tangible participatory practices.

2025 Communications in Humanities Research
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Communicating the best available science to inform Antarctic policy and management: a practical introduction for researchers

This practical introduction reviewed how scientists can communicate research findings at the Antarctic Treaty System's science-policy interface, offering guidance for early-career researchers on translating Antarctic and Southern Ocean science into formats useful for policy decision-makers.

2023 Antarctic Science 17 citations
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Issue Information

This entry contains no abstract and represents issue information metadata without scientific content.

2025 Journal of Applied Toxicology
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Informing the Public about Microplastics through a University and Museum Partnership

Researchers partnered with a museum to create public exhibits about microplastics, evaluating whether the experience improved visitor knowledge and concern about plastic pollution. The study found that interactive museum exhibits effectively raised public awareness — an important complement to scientific research in motivating behavioral changes to reduce plastic use.

2023 Journal of Chemical Education 2 citations