Meredith White: How To Write A Testimony
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4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2014
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Marine scientist Meredith has to navigate a whole new world when she's called upon to testify in front of the Maine legislature in support of a crucial bill. Meredith White is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay, Maine. Her research focuses on how Coastal Ocean Acidification affects marine organisms, from phytoplankton to commercially-important bivalves. She is also interested in the fascinating field of marine invertebrate reproduction and larval development. She first became interested in marine science as a child exploring the countless tide pools along Harpswell's coast and is therefore extremely pleased to be living and working as a biological oceanographer in Maine. Meredith loves exploring the coast and islands of Casco Bay, whether by foot, kayak, sailboat, or snorkeling.
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| 0:00.0 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:04.0 | Is NYU a scientist? |
| 0:06.0 | I felt it. |
| 0:07.0 | I was so... |
| 0:09.0 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:10.0 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:13.0 | Because science was on my side. |
| 0:15.0 | Hey, everyone. Hey everyone, I'm Ben Lilly, and welcome to The Story Glider, where we bring you true personal stories about science. |
| 0:29.9 | This week's stories from Meredith White. |
| 0:32.1 | The story was recorded in July 2014 at the frontier in Brunswick, Maine. |
| 0:52.3 | Thank you. July 2014 at the frontier in Brunswick, Maine. My hands were shaking so badly that I had to rest them on the podium in front of me so it wouldn't be so obvious. My voice was shaking, my heart was racing, and I had to |
| 0:58.2 | breathe deeply in order to make myself calm down. I was testifying in front of Maine's |
| 1:03.8 | Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources in support of LD-1602, otherwise known as the |
| 1:10.5 | Ocean Acidification Bill. |
| 1:11.6 | I'm a marine scientist, not a politician. |
| 1:15.6 | I understand complex chemical reactions. |
| 1:18.6 | I know probably a dozen ways in which marine invertebrates reproduce. |
| 1:23.6 | I can run high-tech analytical instruments with dazzling precision, but the inner workings of our government are completely foreign to me. |
| 1:33.8 | Until recently, the extent of my knowledge on how a bill becomes a law came from the schoolhouse rock. |
| 1:40.6 | So that's why I was so out of my element that day last January. |
| 1:45.0 | It started last November when I received an email from Mick Devon, a main state representative. |
| 1:52.0 | He was asking me and three other scientists from Bigelow Laboratory to support the ocean acidification bill |
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