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Through the Noise Podcast: Max Boykoff on Creative (Climate) Communications
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
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
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
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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Climate Action Sunday
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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Complaining About Climate Change on Twitter Might Actually Help Scientists
Quartzby Tim McDonnell & Daniel Wolfe Thanks to climate change, destructive flooding caused by hurricanes is on the rise. But so is a less dramatic, if still pernicious, type of flooding. So-called sunny-day floods, which occur mostly in the fall when seasonal … Continue reading
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Humor Helped 90% of Subjects Feel More Hopeful About Climate Change
Inverse The precarious state of Earth’s climate is getting harder to ignore. The seemingly constant influx of bad news has contributed to new forms anxiety and depression, and even coined new terms like “climate grief” and “eco-anxiety.” These new sources of stress demand … Continue reading
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Jokes Are a Surprisingly Effective Way To Talk About Climate Change
Changing Americaby Sophie Yeo Matt Winning isn’t an ordinary comedian. He is an environmental economist — he lectures at University College London — but he also writes and performs shows about climate change. His comedy routines have caused audiences to … Continue reading
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The Climate Papers Most Featured in the Media in 2019
CSTPR’s MeCCO work for Lancet Report (#12 most featured in the media) highlighted in Carbon Brief Last year saw the rise of climate change protests, with Greta Thunberg, school strikes and Extinction Rebellion generating global news coverage. The impacts of … Continue reading
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21st Century Climate Communication with Max Boykoff
Climate Changers Podcast Max Boykoff is the Director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado Boulder. Max’s research and creative work focuses on the transformation of carbon-based society and the cultural politics of … Continue reading
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