by Sarah DeWeerdt | Aug 13, 2019
In the Internet age, the media seems increasingly global. Yet climate change coverage remains, in many ways, resolutely local. The themes and narratives that frame media coverage of climate change differ from one country to the next and are shaped by the economy and... 
by Sarah DeWeerdt | Aug 6, 2019
Human activities such as industry and fossil fuel burning are likely contributing extra iron to some parts of the world’s oceans, according to a study published June 14 in Nature Communications. Iron is an important nutrient for the growth of phytoplankton, tiny... 
by Sarah DeWeerdt | Jul 30, 2019
In theory, putting a price on carbon is a great way to reduce emissions that contribute to climate change. In practice, carbon taxes and cap-and-trade schemes have faced lots of opposition from both politicians and the public, resulting in failed, repealed, or... 
by Sarah DeWeerdt | Jul 23, 2019
Most discussion of climate change and extreme weather focuses on how existing weather hazards such as heat waves, floods, and droughts are likely to become more frequent and intense. But climate change could also spark the emergence of new forms of extreme weather... 
by Sarah DeWeerdt | Jul 16, 2019
Isolation makes island species more vulnerable to extinction and to climate change. Or so goes conventional ecological thinking. But there’s also reason to think that island species might be extra resilient to climate change. “These species have been stuck in place on... 
