I'm challenging myself to summarise climate science articles and papers in a very short format - around the length of a Mastodon post.
Link me your research if you want me to demonstrate.
My aim is a summary that speaks to journalists and the general public.
🧵 These are my tips:
🧵 It's ok to leave stuff out. Your science colleagues and Reviewer 2 may need you to be exhaustively detailed, but if you already know your research is peer-reviewed and solid you can leave out lots of what would be essential info.
🧵 Likewise, it's ok to be vague. Journalists and the general public don't need to know the specific type of rock, ice or cloud you're talking about. They don't even need to know your exact title or specialisation.
@tobychev maybe not in a 500 character summary but those details need to be available, yes, like as a link to a research page.