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
Hot Planet
Climate science in a changing world
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
Climate Change: We're Not Literally Doomed, but...
…there’s space for action between “everything is fine” and “the apocalypse is upon us”
Open-and-Shut Case
The climate is changing, there are fingerprints all over the scene, and we know, beyond any reasonable doubt, that humans are mostly responsible
Adapting to Climate Change Will Take More Than Just Seawalls and Levees
Our government’s unconscionable policies are a scary precedent
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