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Category Archives: Climate change
The trouble with how we talk about climate change
It’s a rare day when the news doesn’t cover something related to climate change, whether biodiversity loss, climate refugees, retreating glaciers, or an extreme weather event. Though it’s broadly accepted that climate change is caused by “us,” at some level, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Climate policy
Tagged climate change, climate policy
Why urgent action is needed to avoid centuries of global warming
In the climate change debate, we often hear the argument that the climate has been changing since time immemorial. This is true, but if modern climate change differs from pre-historic climate cycles, the statement by itself is empty. We need to … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Climate policy
Tagged climate change, climate policy
Dialogic action in climate change discussions
Global efforts to prepare young developing minds for solving current and future challenges of climate change have advocated interdisciplinary, issues-based instructional approaches in order to transform traditional models of science education as delivering conceptual facts (UNESCO, 2014). This study is … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Dialogue
Tagged climate change, Dialogue
Climate changes faster than animals adapt
Climate change can threaten species and extinctions can impact ecosystem health. It is therefore of vital importance to assess to which degree animals can respond to changing environmental conditions – for example by shifting the timing of breeding – and … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptive cycle, Animal, Climate change
Tagged adaptive cycle, animal, climate change
Children can foster climate change concern among their parents
The collective action that is required to mitigate and adapt to climate change is extremely difficult to achieve, largely due to socio-ideological biases that perpetuate polarization over climate change1,2. Because climate change perceptions in children seem less susceptible to the … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Climate change
Tagged Children, climate change
Indigenous knowledge networks in the face of global change
Indigenous communities rely extensively on plants for food, shelter, and medicine. It is still unknown, however, to what degree their survival is jeopardized by the loss of either plant species or knowledge about their services. To fill this gap, here we introduce indigenous knowledge … Continue reading
Why some conservatives are blind to climate change
Imagine this: A young professional couple at a party mentions they’re thinking of buying a home in a popular waterfront neighborhood that scientists have found is vulnerable to coastal flooding. That flood risk is made extra clear by murals in … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change
Tagged climate change
Climate Change is changing wind patterns and making Ocean waves stronger
Climate change is changing our wind patterns, which is strengthening waves traveling across the earth’s surface. As climate change has gradually heated oceans around the globe, it’s also been making ocean waves stronger and more deadly, according to a new … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Ocean
Tagged climate change, ocean
Rivers in the Sky: How Deforestation Is Affecting Global Water Cycles
A growing body of evidence indicates that the continuing destruction of tropical forests is disrupting the movement of water in the atmosphere, causing major shifts in precipitation that could lead to drought in key agricultural areas in China, India, and … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Water
Tagged climate change, water
Stark Evidence: A Warmer World Is Sparking More and Bigger Wildfires
The increase in forest fires, seen this summer from North America to the Mediterranean to Siberia, is directly linked to climate change, scientists say. And as the world continues to warm, there will be a greater risk for fires on … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Wildfires
Tagged climate change, Wildfires
