2017 has proven to be a pivotal year in the global human struggle to adequately reduce emissions from heat-trapping gases that fuel climate change. The human and political aspect of this struggle...
Photo: “Station Fire” 8/30/2009 looking east from Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles. Credit: Bruce Leiserowitz California is experiencing a historic wildfire season. Six fires are burning...
Sunrise in Akagera National Park in Eastern Rwanda. Image by Elham Shabahat. Rwanda, 2017. To build a wall to conserve wildlife and deter human disturbance—quite literally, this is the meaning...
This month, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced plans to repeal the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era policy to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The Clean Power Plan is the...
Eleven years after the release of the Oscar-winning climate change documentary An Inconvenient Truth, former Vice President Al Gore returned with An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. The follow-up...
President Nixon signing the National Environmental Policy Act (1969) – National Archives The way that climate change has been approached in President Trump’s administration might suggest...
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2017 has so far been the second warmest year in the recorded history of the planet. That means this year will extend the record...
Hurricane Irma, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes recorded in recent history, is making its way toward the US just as we are starting to understand the enormity of the Hurricane Harvey...
In 2014, after Superstorm Sandy, we conducted a study of coastal Connecticut residents and found that many people lack basic awareness and understanding of hurricane risks. These...