Yes, Happiness and Climate Action Can Go Together

March 24, 2023

Human brains evolved over millions of years to respond to immediate challenges that remained largely unchanged for eons – physical threats, food...

Anand Giridharadas: Persuaders in a Hot and Polarized World

October 28, 2022

When’s the last time you changed your mind about something important? 

In a democracy, meaningful change often requires adapting views and...

Bridging The Great American Divide

September 2, 2022

Most Americans support climate action, but you wouldn’t know it from Congress or the courts – or from most of the media. A recent study found...

Coping with COVID and Climate Fatigue

March 25, 2022

Since March, 2020, the global community has grappled with an unprecedented pandemic. As COVID lockdowns were spreading, few people understood how...

2021: This Year in Climate

December 17, 2021

From extreme weather events to COP26 in Glasgow to the passage of the bipartisan infrastructure deal, 2021 has been a banner year. In this special...

Zen and Coping with Climate

October 15, 2021

More and more of us are seriously worrying about what we’ve done to the earth’s climate. But while climate predictions can be scary, Sister...

Living with Climate Disruption

April 22, 2021

We’ve been living with the impacts of a changing climate for years, but those impacts don’t all hit the same way. 
A wildfire amplified by...

Temperature Check: Science, Texas, and Climate Chaos

March 5, 2021

After months of dealing with a volatile political climate, it’s easy to overlook the actual climate, and how it’s impacting Americans daily....

The Future Earth: Eric Holthaus and Katharine Wilkinson

July 31, 2020

Science has given us a realistic picture of what Earth will look like with unmitigated climate change: increased extreme weather events, crippled...

COVID-19 and Climate: Human Response

April 3, 2020

How do human beings respond to invisible threats like the coronavirus and carbon pollution? One threat is personal, direct, and close – touch an...