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Video course · 12 chapters · 60 min · certificate

Practical AI for Environmental Research & Communication

How environmental researchers and communicators can use AI responsibly: what AI, generative AI and agents are, how they reset communication, and practical uses in research design, writing, translation and visuals.

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What you'll learn

  • Explain AI, generative AI and AI agents
  • Describe how AI changes research and communication workflows
  • Use AI for idea generation and research design
  • Apply AI to writing, translation and visuals
  • Recognize hallucination and keep human oversight
  • Communicate clearly with AI tools

Chapters

12 chapters · 59:43
  1. 1:54 01Intro Members A communicator's journey An environmental editor with 30+ years of field reporting introduces how AI fits a research-driven craft.
  2. 1:45 02Context Members AI as a transformative technology Why AI marks the most transformative phase in communication, and why it's available to everyone.
  3. 3:23 03Workflow Members Before AI: search and interviews A communicator's pre-AI day: interviews, search engines and manual synthesis.
  4. 3:08 04Basics Members What is artificial intelligence? AI is a 70-year-old field that now acts with autonomy, understands language and makes recommendations.
  5. 3:10 05Gen AI Members Generative AI Generative AI creates original text, images, audio and video from prompts, using deep learning.
  6. 3:31 06Agents Members AI agents AI agents perform tasks and pursue goals on a user's behalf, the next step after generative AI.
  7. 5:12 07Communication Members AI resets communication Past tools were channels; AI becomes a communication partner, which changes who we communicate with.
  8. 5:09 08Research Members AI in environmental research Understanding AI first, then applying it to environmental research and reporting from the local to the global.
  9. 5:16 09Writing Members AI in academic writing Adoption of AI in academic writing is growing but uneven, concentrated in Western institutions and still early.
  10. 7:48 10Use cases Members Idea generation and research design Studies show AI most helps with generating ideas and designing research, and with processing data.
  11. 10:50 11Agency Members AI as communicator AI differs from other science communication tools: it gains agency, and can hallucinate.
  12. 8:37 12Practice Members Practical tips Use AI for short pitches, translation and visuals, communicate with it well, and never fully outsource your thinking.

Jobs this course suits

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Environmental ConsultantsSustainability AnalystsEcologistsEnvironmental EngineersPublic Affairs SpecialistsSocial ScientistsCommunication ManagersResearch AssociatesJournalistsHistoriansMedia Relations SpecialistsResearch Scientists