Sharing what we’ve learned with other scientists and the public is an essential component of the National Park Service’s stewardship mission. We communicate scientific findings in a variety of ways. We create online and in-person exhibits. We publish articles for both the public and professional scientists. Rangers use science in ranger programs, educational opportunities, and more.
Heritage Documentation Program Exhibits
Experience web exhibits and virtual tours from documentation projects.
Climate Change Communication
National parks provide opportunities to engage citizens of all ages in understanding how climate change is altering the places we love.
Park Science
Park Science reports recent and ongoing natural and social science and related cultural research for park planning, management and policy.
Alaska Park Science
Alaska Park Science reports findings from recent research in the biological, physical, and cultural sciences.
Yellowstone Science
Yellowstone Science shares information from scientists with the public to highlight in-depth, science-based knowledge about the park.
Examples of how we communicate science
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- Great Basin National Park
Series: The Midden - Great Basin National Park: Vol. 24, No. 2, Winter 2024
- Type: Series
- Locations: Great Basin National Park
The Midden is the Resource Management Newsletter of Great Basin National Park, published each summer and winter. Find out the latest going on at Great Basin National Park, Nevada in resource management and research. The Midden – Great Basin National Park: Vol. 24, No. 2, Winter 2024
- Great Basin National Park
Series: The Midden - Great Basin National Park: Vol. 24, No. 2, Winter 2024
- Type: Series
The Midden is the Resource Management Newsletter of Great Basin National Park, published each summer and winter. Find out the latest going on at Great Basin National Park, Nevada in resource management and research. The The Midden – Great Basin National Park: Vol. 24, No. 2, Winter 2024
- Locations: Glacier National Park
- Offices: Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Directorate, Research Learning Centers
During their junior year, students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute complete research projects for a variety of organizations. These research projects are an interdisciplinary, immersive team experience that usually take place off campus. In 2018, Glacier National Park was added to the list of project centers. Students work with park leadership on identified research projects. From mobile apps to solar webcams, students generate solutions that help park management.
- Locations: Glacier National Park
- Offices: Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center
USGS physical scientist Erich Peitzsch uses tree cross-sections and cores to establish a timeline of past avalanche activity. By looking at avalanche cycles over the past 100-200 years, Peitzsch hopes to learn whether or not climate change will affect avalanche behavior in the future.
- Locations: Glacier National Park
- Offices: Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center
Discover the unique and fascinating research centered on aquatic invertebrates found in the alpine and in the Nyack floodplain aquifer. Explore how the presence of these creatures adds to the biodiversity of the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem and learn about threats that face them.
- Great Basin National Park
Series: The Midden - Great Basin National Park: Vol. 15, No. 1, Summer 2015
- Type: Series
- Locations: Great Basin National Park
The Midden is the Resource Management Newsletter of Great Basin National Park, published each summer and winter. Find out the latest going on at Great Basin National Park, Nevada in resource management and research. The Midden - Great Basin National Park: Vol. 15, No. 1, Summer 2015.
- Great Basin National Park
Series: The Midden - Great Basin National Park: Vol. 16, No. 1, Summer 2016
- Type: Series
- Locations: Great Basin National Park
The Midden is the Resource Management Newsletter of Great Basin National Park, published each summer and winter. Find out the latest going on at Great Basin National Park, Nevada in resource management and research. The Midden - Great Basin National Park: Vol. 16, No. 1, Summer 2016.
- Great Basin National Park
Series: The Midden - Great Basin National Park: Vol. 16, No. 2, Winter 2016
- Type: Series
- Locations: Great Basin National Park
The Midden is the Resource Management Newsletter of Great Basin National Park, published each summer and winter. Find out the latest going on at Great Basin National Park, Nevada in resource management and research. The Midden - Great Basin National Park: Vol. 16, No. 2, Winter 2016.
- Great Basin National Park
Series: The Midden - Great Basin National Park: Vol. 17, No. 2, Winter 2017
- Type: Series
- Locations: Great Basin National Park
The Midden is the Resource Management Newsletter of Great Basin National Park, published each summer and winter. Find out the latest going on at Great Basin National Park, Nevada in resource management and research. The Midden - Great Basin National Park: Vol. 17, No. 2, Winter 2017.
- Great Basin National Park
Series: The Midden - Great Basin National Park: Vol. 18, No. 2, Winter 2018
- Type: Series
- Locations: Great Basin National Park
The Midden is the Resource Management Newsletter of Great Basin National Park, published each summer and winter. Find out the latest going on at Great Basin National Park, Nevada in resource management and research. The Midden - Great Basin National Park: Vol. 18, No. 2, Winter 2018
Last updated: January 23, 2024