Partners
- Minnesota Public Radio's Weekly "Climate Cast" Broadcast featuring Meteorologist Paul Huttner
- Link TV's "Earth Focus", Putting a Human Face on Pressing Global Issues.
- "Dan's Wild Wild Science Journal", Meteorologist Dan Satterfield's American Geophysical Union Blogosphere Feature
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Recent Posts
- 2013 ‘State of’ Report Describes Continuing Woes of Journalism
- Jared Diamond, Yesterday’s World, Today’s Perceptions, Tomorrow’s Climate
- NASA’s Science Visualization Wall: Cool Is An Understatement
- Stations in Three Virginia TV Markets to Try Expanding Climate Coverage
- Millennials, Change, and Outlook for Climate Activism and Coverage
- Making Sense of Sensitivity … and Keeping It in Perspective
- New York Times Cuts Back Again: Farewell to ‘Green’ Blog
Author Archives: Michael Svoboda
A Rhetorical Response to the Sackler Colloquium
Science Communication Needs the Humanities
The humanities can play a much-needed, and as yet unfulfilled, role in communicating climate science.
Tools for the Anthropocene: Animation — but without the Nostalgia
Animation is a powerful tool communicators can use to enhance their messaging on climate change, but effective messaging can still be nullified by faulty transmission or bad reception.
Adapting to the New Media Climate for Climate Change
E&E: Covering Climate Change in the Age of Digital Media
Amidst a shrinking ‘news hole’ for science news coverage by mainstream media, this Special Report explores how a still-upstart digital publisher finds itself among the top producers in the climate reporting niche. A successful business model perhaps. But can it offset the loss of ’public’ coverage [...]
Is Democracy Failing the Planet? Or Are We Failing To Be Democratic?
The issue of the suitability — or unsuitability — of democratic systems for tackling issues such as global climate change is not a new one. But does the remedy lie in scrapping democracy, in strengthening democratic practices, or in removing [...]
Preaching from the Choir: A Review of ‘Water Is Rising’
Water is Rising, now touring the Northeast, is one of a number of this year’s theater productions bringing climate change to the stage. This one’s different in that indigenous musical troupes don’t act … but rather use song and dance [...]
When Muller’s ‘BEST’ Just Isn’t Good Enough; Op-Ed Responses to the Berkeley Surface Temp Reports
Richard Muller’s ‘BEST’ reports trigger a flood of dueling op-ed pieces, some of which actually make no mention of the studies. What are the lessons for a would-be planetary ‘safety net’?
'Access Denied' ...
Science News and Government Transparency Under the Obama Administration
Reporters at a session hosted by the National Press Club vent their frustrations with what they generally see as the low level of ‘transparency’ afforded media under the Obama administration. They point to one bright spot: improved access to online [...]



