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MeCCO Monthly Summary: Experts Say Climate Change is Expected to Bring More of the Same

Posted on March 5, 2020 by prometheus

Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO)February 2020 Summary February media attention to climate change and global warming at the global level decreased 12% from January 2020 coverage, but was up 62% from the previous February 2019. Regionally, stories in February 2020 … Continue reading →

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Through the Noise Podcast: Max Boykoff on Creative (Climate) Communications

Posted on March 3, 2020 by prometheus

Through the Noise #529 Max Boykoff is the Director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, which is part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. He also is an … Continue reading →

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Tourism in Antarctica: Edging Toward the (Risky) Mainstream

Posted on February 27, 2020 by prometheus

Travel to one of the most remote parts of the planet is booming. What does that mean for the environment and visitor safety? New York Timesby Paige McClanahan In January, the Coral Princess, a ship with 2,000 berths and a … Continue reading →

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Saying Bernie Sanders ‘Rejects’ Climate Reality is Profoundly Foolish

Posted on February 26, 2020 by prometheus

Mashableby Mark Kaufman So far in short-lived 2020, Antarctic scientists measured warm waters eating away at the planet’s most threatening glacier, Earth experienced its warmest January in over 140 years of record-keeping, and the Australian Navy rescued 1,000 residents trapped by the nation’s historic, climate-enhanced fires.  Sen. … Continue reading →

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Saving the Planet Through the Education of Climate Change

Posted on February 21, 2020 by prometheus

Texas A&M’s The Battalionby Jennifer Streeter While climate change affects everyone on the planet, researchers who focus on how climate change is communicated showed the negative effects already impacting communities on the margin while noting that no one is unaffected. … Continue reading →

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What Unmanaged Fishing Patterns Reveal About Optimal Management

Posted on February 18, 2020 by prometheus

Applied to the Balanced Harvesting Debate by Matthew G. Burgess and Michael J. PlankICES Journal of Marine Science, doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsaa012 Abstract: Balanced harvesting (BH)—the idea of harvesting all species and sizes in proportion to their production rate—has been a topic … Continue reading →

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Announcing the 2020 AAAS “CASE” Workshop Student Competition Winners

Posted on February 18, 2020 by prometheus

The CIRES Center for Science and Technology Policy Research hosted a competition to send three CU Boulder students to Washington, DC to attend the AAAS “Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering” workshop March 29 – April 1, 2020.  At the … Continue reading →

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Climate Action Sunday

Posted on February 14, 2020 by prometheus

Peak to Peak News: The Mountain Ear On Sunday, January 26, 2020, Wild Bear Nature Center launched the first of a series of talks on Climate Action at the Center in Caribou Village. The keynote address was given by Max … Continue reading →

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100 Women in Antarctica

Posted on February 10, 2020 by prometheus

CSTPR Faculty affiliate, Cassandra Brooks, was one of 111 total women, 2 from University of Colorado, who travelled to Antarctica as part of the Homeward Bound leadership course for women in STEMM and each shared a personal climate story. Also … Continue reading →

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MeCCO Monthly Summary: If You Think You’ve Heard This Story Before, You Haven’t Seen Anything Yet

Posted on February 6, 2020 by prometheus

Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO)January 2020 Summary January media attention to climate change and global warming at the global level increased slightly from December 2019 coverage, up about 4%. Yet compared to a year earlier (January 2019), the number of … Continue reading →

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