How much time, per week, do you dedicate to reading scientific articles and experimenting with new workflows?

Where I work we’re interested in a lot of topics that we don’t necessarily have experience in: identifying possible locations of gentrification, quantifying urban tree canopy benefits, assessing urban heat islands and heat inequity, determining community access to greenspace, etc.

There is a lot of scientific literature on all of these topics. If you’ve been in a similar situation, how do you determine how much of your work time to spend reviewing the literature? I’m someone that feels like I …

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