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I'm Timon Keller and I'm a Ph.D.

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student in the Turner lab,
and this is my third summer out here.

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I just finished my second year.

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I have two projects going on while I'm
out here in Yellowstone this summer.

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The first one is a survey project
where I'm going around

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and I'm asking visitors
to Grand Teton, Yellowstone

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and the Buffalo Bill Center out in Cody
about their reasons for coming,

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how they perceive the environment,
what's important to them about the parks,

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and how they think that is going
to be affected by climate change.

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So I have these digitally edited images
that show a current scene

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as well as a future projection,
both for a warmer scenario

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and then also for a hotter
scenario going forward.

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I had one older person hug me and thank me
for the work

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that we're doing, and I had one person
accuse me of manipulating data

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and making up science about climate change
that isn't real.

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But I think overall
the reactions have been very positive.

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People like to engage with these pictures,
whether they agree

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with the science and believe in it or
whether they are doubtful of the science.

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I have found that the pictures are still
a useful tool for people to engage with it

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and for the survey more broadly,
I think people like the opportunity to be

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heard and have somebody pay attention

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to why they're here
and what's important to them.

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So it's been both a great exercise
in collecting data,

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but also good opportunity to just connect

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a little bit
with the people who are coming here.

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Thank you so much.
I really appreciate your time.

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This is just such a cool reminder that
the science that we do matters for people

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and that we want to engage people
in that process and share what we find

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to make people's lives better.

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And I think that really is something
very special about this opportunity.