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Commentary and Opinion

RC/RCCC Notes from the Field: Settling in and Beginning to Conceptualize the Impacts of Drought

Posted on August 7, 2019 by prometheus

Sarah Posner (left) with a co-worker at the Kenya Red Cross Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre Internship Programby Sarah Posner Sarah Posner is the 2019 Junior Researcher in the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (RCRCCC) program. She is a … Continue reading →

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Tube to Work Day 2019 is Tardy, but Still Totally Tubular

Posted on July 17, 2019 by prometheus

by Alison Gilchrist, CSTPR Science Writer Every year, hundreds of people participate in Boulder’s Tube to Work Day, an event for which Boulder Creek is flooded with people ostensibly commuting to work by inflatable device. It’s a yearly extravaganza only … Continue reading →

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MeCCO Monthly Summary: Rights to Life, Liberty, Property, and Public Trust Resources

Posted on July 9, 2019 by prometheus

Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO)June 2019 Summary June media attention to climate change and global warming roughly doubled from June 2018, while trending slightly lower (-9%) from high levels in May 2019. At the country level, coverage was notably up … Continue reading →

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Communicating Climate Change Effectively and Creatively

Posted on July 5, 2019 by prometheus

fifteeneightyfour, Academic Perspective from Cambridge University Pressby Max Boykoff Lately, climate change has been unmistakably present in the public sphere. An evident swirl of extreme events linked to changes in the climate, new scientific research on climate change, Youth Climate … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Dr. Cassandra Brooks

Posted on June 20, 2019 by prometheus

Nature, June 2019 Cassandra Brooks is an Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. She was recently selected as one of the science faculty on an upcoming #TeamHB4 #WomenInSTEMM leadership initiative in Antarctica. Please tell us about your research … Continue reading →

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Business Leaders Would be Wise to Better Support Youth Climate Protests

Posted on June 19, 2019 by prometheus

by Lucy McAllisterMeCCO Research Team Member, Visiting Assistant Professor and Lewis Institute Fellow at Babson College Photo: Protesters throw a ball depicting the Earth during the “Global Strike for Future” demonstration in Stockholm on May 24, a global day of … Continue reading →

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MeCCO Monthly Summary: Life as We Know It

Posted on June 5, 2019 by prometheus

Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO)May 2019 Summary May media attention to climate change and global warming was up 27% throughout the world from the previous month of April 2019. Across international wire services – Associated Press, Agence France Presse, The Canadian Press and United Press … Continue reading →

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Do Experiences with Extreme Weather Change Beliefs about Climate Change? Perhaps, if Your Neighbors are Harmed

Posted on May 23, 2019 by prometheus

Photo above: Residents embrace near a washed-out home in Jamestown, Colo. on Sept. 14, 2013. Flooding hit the mountain community hard, and residents were trapped for days with no road into or out of town. Photo: Helen H. Richardson, The … Continue reading →

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MeCCO Monthly Summary: Coal is Facing Intensifying Pressure from Wind and Solar Power

Posted on May 7, 2019 by prometheus

Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO)April 2019 Summary Globally, the quantity of coverage remained steady as compared with the previous month of March 2019. However, coverage in April 2019 went up nearly 50% compared to coverage globally in April 2018. Across … Continue reading →

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Ogmius, Issue #52 is Now Out

Posted on May 1, 2019 by prometheus

Issue #52, Spring 2019 Ogmius Exchange Should We Hope for Power to Declare a National Climate Emergency? by Steve Vanderheiden Faculty Affiliate Forum Can Genetic Engineering Save Disappearing Forests? by Jason Delborne Unprecedented Sea-ice Conditions in the Bering Sea by … Continue reading →

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