Climate Change

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Environment	How Plants Are Responding to a Warming World — And Why It Matters Changing phenology, while seemingly innocuous, impacts our lives in many clear and tangible ways. Theresa M. Crimmins \| Mar 6
Philosophy	Timothy Morton: On Ecotrauma “To exist is to inhabit overlapping ripples of trauma." Timothy Morton \| Dec 5, 2024
Environment	Why Marginalized Communities Pay the Highest Price for Climate Change Climate change is deepening long-standing injustices. Only a just transition to clean energy can ensure a more equitable future for all. William J. Barber III \| Oct 25, 2024
Environment	Do Wind Turbines Kill Birds? (And Other Climate Questions) Straightforward answers to your questions about climate change, courtesy of the MIT Climate Portal. The MIT Climate Portal \| Apr 4, 2024
Science & Tech	The Groundwater Crisis: The Need for New Data to Inform Public Policy It is far from preposterous to suggest that the fate of the human race is inextricably linked to the fate of the Earth’s groundwaters. Nick Dudley Ward \| Mar 4, 2024
Environment	Lessons From an Architect in a Time of Crisis Green architecture can solve the climate change problem, but only once it stops creating new ones. Eric Cesal \| Nov 7, 2022
Culture	It’s Science Over Capitalism: Kim Stanley Robinson and the Imperative of Hope “What can’t go on won’t go on. Capitalism is breaking the system, meaning people’s lives and the biosphere.” James Bradley \| Oct 11, 2022
Environment	How to Fix Climate Change (A Sneaky Policy Guide) We may already have a "miracle" fix for climate change: Electrify everything. Saul Griffith \| Sep 26, 2022
Environment	The Role of the Chief Sustainability/Climate/Resilience Officer in U.S. Cities What are these jobs and why are they so essential to achieving urban sustainability goals? William Shutkin & Andy Bush \| Aug 1, 2022
Environment	Achieving Our Climate Goals: The Land Use-Transportation Nexus This month on the Sustainable City show, we explore the connection between transportation and land use, and how each affects our ability to achieve our climate goals. William Shutkin & Andy Bush \| Jul 4, 2022