A photo from a training held by the Delta Science Program and the National Center for Ecological Synthesis.


Making Every Day Earth Day:

Analyzing Data with the

National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis


The Delta Stewardship Council is pleased to share a new blog post by Senior Environmental Scientist Miranda Tilcock. Miranda's blog focuses on how synthesizing long-term data sets can make a difference in the global science community and, more specifically, how the Delta Science Program's partnership with the National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis (NCEAS) accomplishes just that.


"For environmental scientists like me, doing research in various ecosystems on all sorts of species, every day can begin to feel like Earth Day. After all, in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, we are doing everything we can to improve our corner of the world. This can feel tedious at times, and like we are not making much progress, but every bit counts, or in my case, every piece of data collected and analyzed is an important step forward."


Read more of her blog at the link below. 




DIVE INTO HER BLOG HERE
A photo of Senior Environmental Scientist Miranda Tilcock.

About the Author



Miranda Tilcock is a senior environmental scientist at the Delta Science Program where she coordinates with NCEAS to provide synthesis workshop opportunities. Prior to joining the Council as staff in 2023, she worked at UC Davis’ Center for Watershed Sciences using fish eye lenses and isotopes, such as Chinook salmon eyes, to reconstruct their life history. Her work on fish eyes and isotopes was featured on National Public Radio’s Science Friday.

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