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Environmental Science PhD Student Publishes Children’s Book on Climate Change

Academy of Natural Sciences

One day, she asked a young girl what she knew about climate change. The child’s caretaker jumped in to say, “Oh no — we don’t talk about climate change.”. How can we talk about climate change in an accessible way for children? Climate change is something that’s scary for parents and scary for me as well.

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No, There’s No Scientific Conspiracy About Climate Change

Legal Planet

So, no, there’s no conspiracy of scientists to cook up thousands of scientific papers about climate change. After all, universities are looking to hire people who will feel compelled to share their views with students and publish their ideas for the whole world to see. Keeping quiet about something is not a prized professional trait.

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Confronting the Effects of Coastal Climate Change

Academy of Natural Sciences

Environmental science major Kris Freyland sees the effects of climate change up close. Ecohydrology, the study of the interactions between water and ecosystems, allows the research team to analyze the way the landscape has changed and predict how it might continue to erode in the future. .

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Climate Change and Me

Academy of Natural Sciences

The first climate change presentation I saw was back in the 1970s when I was working for the National Weather Service. Murray Mitchell, was the top climate scientist for NWS. While that got the bulk of the publicity, Dr. Mitchell assured us that the warming of the climate would be the biggest problem in the future.

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Women Voices on Climate Change, Part 2

Academy of Natural Sciences

Inspired by the book All We Can Save , a celebration of the feminist climate renaissance , we asked 15 local women who are thinking about and working on climate change to respond to the question: “If we are at a crossroads of peril and promise, where do you see possibility alive and growing?”.

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Climate Change and Human Health Lesson Plans

Environmental News Bits

NIEHS has developed Climate and Health learning modules for a variety of student audiences that explore the health impacts of climate change both in the United States and globally. … Continue reading Climate Change and Human Health Lesson Plans

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CLEE’s New Executive Director

Legal Planet

She is an MIT grad who went to Berkeley for graduate school, where earned a master’s degree in environmental engineering and a PhD from ERG. ERG — more formally the Energy and Resources Group — is Berkeley’s unique, interdisciplinary program spanning economics and social science, environmental science, and engineering.