Deep Time
Dead things, bubbles in ice cores, layers of sediment: together, they testify to the power of the atmosphere to change Earth
Hot Planet
Climate science in a changing world
Hollywood: Can You Get Climate Change Right for Once?
During Oscar season, it's good to take note that if we only see climate in apocalyptic terms, we miss stories that are more compelling and more realistic
Thinking about Climate on a Dark, Dismal Morning
Hope is the knowledge that we can prevent bad things—but also the realization that we might choose not to
How Should You Talk to Policymakers about Climate Change?
Nobody knows for sure what the most effective strategy is, but I have a few ideas
A Thanksgiving Meditation in the Face of a Changing Climate
I feel grief, guilt, anger, determination, hope and sadness all at the same time. But what I feel more than anything is gratitude for what we have
Who Needs Halloween?
Climate change will bring plenty of tricks and very few treats
Slaying the Climate Dragon
A fairy tale whose ending, still unwritten, is by no means guaranteed to be happy
The People Who Could Have Done Science Didn't
Because they were women, and they were told, at every stage, that they weren’t good enough. It was a lie...
Don't Be Fooled: Weather Is Not Climate
But climate affects weather...
The Truth Sometimes Hurts
We scientists need help to communicate in a post-truth world
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