Describing what I do, using only the 1000 most popular words in the English language:

"Running computers to help people learn from large tables of numbers and words made by humans. Showing people how to run these computers to allow other people to also learn from other tables, and sharing this with everyone."

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#upgoer #upgoer5

The ground we live on is the top of a moving rock area that is really hot. The ground we live on is broken up into little rocks. Sometimes the little rocks move on top of each other. This makes the rocks get really tall. Sometimes one goes under the other one. The under rock gets really hot and becomes the moving rock under the ground. The moving rock under us sometimes comes up through the ground making new hot rock. [J. G.]
#PlateTectonics #UpGoer5 #EarthSystemScience #McGillUniversity

Upon death, living things either break down as the surrounding air, in a way, quickly eats up what is left of them or, they get covered under ground when not broken down. As the ground layer above gets bigger and heavier, the remains are pressed into a different and thicker form of matter. It takes a lot of time for the ground layer to grow heavy enough to change the state of the matter in such a way. Those old remains can then be burnt for power.
[V. B.]
#FossilFuels #UpGoer5 #McGillUniversity

The really big ball that we live on is made of huge pieces of ground that move around. Sometimes they knock into each other, run away from each other, or slip side to side. If two of them get stuck, power builds up in the rock and lets go as they are set free. The ground shakes a lot, large cracks form, rocks might slip down, and houses fall. If that happens in the big water area, a very tall wave will move onto the land and run into it. [M. T.]
#Earthquake #UpGoer5 #McGillUniversity

Another group of #EarthSystemScience #UpGoer5 Change that happens quickly and continues to grow. The growing that happens begins to happen faster and faster than it did at the start. The number of people in the world is a good way to understand this. It grows faster and faster than it did before. [K. A.]
#ExponentialGrowth #McGillUniversity

#UpGoer5 As the number of people gets bigger in an area, the number of stuff that is able to back them up gets lower. The number of people found in a place, is controlled by what is going on around them; such as how much food, water and homes is found. But when the total of how much of these is found around them gets lower, the total number of people coming into this world gets less. They then reach a still state where the number of people
stops getting big. #CarryingCapacity #McGillUniversity

More #EarthSystemScience #UpGoer5
Trees can tell us is what the world was like in the past. The rings inside a tree can show us how much it grew each year. In wet years, the tree will grow a thick ring, and in dry years, it will grow a small ring. People can study tree rings to see how hot and cold the world has been and how it has changed over time. This is important because it helps us understand how the world is changing now and how it may change.
#Proxies #McGillUniversity #SimpleWords

Ekman spiral continued....
The deeper water does not feel the wind, but it does feel the water above moving. So the same thing happens again, except this time the water goes in a direction even further from that of the wind, and so on, turning as we go deeper. At each step, we lose a bit of force, so we have less and less as we go down.
[A. B.-K.]
[2/2]
#Ekman #UpGoer5 #McGillUniversity #SimpleWords #EarthSystemScience

When there is wind over water, the water's direction is normal to that of the wind. Whether it goes left or right is decided by the side of the mother ball we are on. Since the mother ball turns, the water closest to the middle goes the fastest. So when wind carries water further away from the middle, the water keeps its force, and that's why it doesn't move in the same direction as the wind. Continued....
[A. B.-K.]
[1/2]
#Ekman #UpGoer5 #McGillUniversity #SimpleWords

Did you know that floors can move and dance? You can see it if you give it a chance. There are three ways the floor can move. The first is when two floors move close together. The second way the floor can move is when one floor is moving left and the other floor is moving right. This little dance can make points with hot red coming out. The final move a floor can do is rub close and shake, making a little dance for me, and you! [C.M.]
#plateTectonics #upgoer5 #McGillUniversity #simpleWords

I asked my students to explain an Earth System Science concept using only the ten hundred most common English words. Inspired by a toot by Andy @revkin and enabled by Theo Sanderson's online editor: https://splasho.com/upgoer5/
There were some amazingly creative creations!
#upgoer5 #simplewords #Earth SystemScience

@saila @lee

Lovely! But why forget #ChatGPT? It actually turns out to be a decent Up-Goer Five Text Author: Here is its explanation of transformer models.

"Computers can help people understand and make things from words. They look at many sets of a type of thing, like talking, and find ways the different parts go together. Then, when given new words, the computer can use these ways to make a new type of talking, like one that makes sense and answers a question. This helps with jobs like talking to someone in a different way or making new stories."

🙂

(It took about three prompts of coaxing - but it knew the concept, and was able to substitute forbidden words when they were blanked out. Fun.)

#RandallMunroeFTW #FunWithAI #UpGoer5

Solar Parker Probe = Touches the Sun Space Car #UpGoer5 #AGU22

The Halloween storm in #SpaceWeather will now always be referred to as "Nervous cat and bad green women time". #UpGoer5 #AGU22

Still room in the room for the #UpGoer5 session! Come join us for a great time with some special surprises along the way! #AGU22 N426ab

Ready for the ten and six hour and four tens and five minutes (4:45) #AGU22 meeting where we will only use the ten hundred most used words. #UpGoer5 #SimpleWords @AGU_SciComm@twitter.com in N426ab

Time to grab some lunch and pick up some coffee to ensure you are awake and ready for the #AGU22 Tuesday afternoon sessions including… the #UpGoer5 talks starting at 16:45 in Chicago, in room N426ab!

#SharingScience #SciComm #XKCD #SimpleWords @AGU_SciComm@twitter.com

Today is the day! The time is 16:45 in Chicago. The place is N426ab at #AGU22

Join us for fun and laughs as we discuss our science using only the 1000 most common words! #xkcd #simplewords #upgoer5 @AGU_SciComm@twitter.com @theAGU@twitter.com

Not sure what the #UpGoer5 session is all about? Wonder why I say it’s a bunch of laughs and you need to makes sure to attend? Checkout the 2020 session and then put us in your cale! #AGU22

https://youtu.be/lxWrerZhfrk

@AGU_SciComm@twitter.com @theAGU@twitter.com #SciComm #SpacePhysics #Geology and more!