Perspective: Communicating our science to influence public policy

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• public 49%
• environmental issue 49%
• science 48%
• policy 45%
• society 38%
• communication 37%
• applied science 33%
• literacy 33%
• interest group 32%
• freshwater ecosystem 28%
• scientific research 25%
• aquatic ecosystem 23%
• natural resource 20%
• sound 20%
• decision making 18%
• watershed 18%
• water quality 16%
• decision 15%

Agriculture & Biology

• public policy 100%
• communication (human) 27%
• natural resource policy 26%
• literacy 18%
• freshwater ecosystems 16%
• aquatic ecosystems 14%
• decision making 12%
• water quality 12%