Demonstrators holding signs at the 2022 March for Science in Washington, D. C.
Demonstrators holding signs at the 2022 March for Science in Washington, D. C. Credit: Peter Weiss

For the second twelvemonth in a row, people across the Usa and on all seven continents held rallies in back up of science. Speakers and marchers at more than than 230 events around the world advocated for increasing diversity in science, defending science from funding cuts and government interference, and promoting scientific discipline literacy and trust.

Saturday's March for Scientific discipline events may have fatigued smaller crowds than last year, but the participants were equally enthusiastic as e'er virtually the advocacy of science. Here are some of our favorite posters that captured the spirit of these marches.

At the D. C. March

Some protested policies that put industry profits over environmental protection.

Other demonstrators warned that ignoring scientists could accept disastrous consequences.

Is scientific consensus a conspiracy? Ridiculous!

Something to hang your hat on.

Credit: Peter Weiss

1 D. C. participant showed her back up for science with a archetype chemistry pun.

Science education matters, too.

2 protesters, one taking a intermission from identifying proteins.

In Cities Across the United States

Large or minor, almost every U.S. state and territory hosted a March for Science demonstration.

A graduate student at the University of California in San Francisco with another chemical science pun.

Marchers in New York Metropolis, this time with a math pun.

Signs from Philadelphia, Pa.

In Los Angeles, Calif., a protester brings on the biology.

Marchers in San Antonio, Texas, with a bear on of magic.

One protester in Colorado, calling out federal scientific discipline agencies that take been known to censor information.

And in Sacramento, Calif., 1 demonstrator turned her attention to scientific misconduct on the international stage. Her sign translates to "No to the adjustment of science in Argentina."

On Every Continent

The 2022 March for Science remained a global event, with more than than 100 worldwide events ranging from loftier in the Chilean mountains to equatorial Africa to the icy tundra of Antarctica.

In Abuja, Nigeria, scientists and advocates marched to promote public trust in science and to emphasize that scientific advocacy benefits the entire population.

Marchers of all ages in Narrandera in New South Wales, Australia, with signs saying "Science, not silence," "Heads in books, not heads in sand," and "Science…the spectrum of awesome."

One marcher in London simultaneously raised awareness of ascent sea levels and promoted gender diversity in scientific discipline.

Demonstrators at an event in Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada.

In Quezon City in the Philippines advocates held signs proclaiming "Climate justice" and "March for science, march for the people." In Blantyre, Malawi, supporters' signs read "Science not silence" and "Mad scientist." And in Chennai, Bharat, activists marched with placards urging "Science unites! Stand up up for science!" and "Defend science and scientific outlook."

Meanwhile in Antarctica, the team of climate scientists at Neumayer Station 3 proclaimed, in the translated words of Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, "Noesis and recognition are the joy and the right of humanity."

—Kimberly M. S. Cartier (@AstroKimCartier), Staff Writer

Citation:

Cartier, Grand. M. S. (2018), Snapshots of March for Science signs beyond the earth, Eos, 99, https://doi.org/x.1029/2018EO096939. Published on 18 April 2018.

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