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
- President’s Science Advisors Suggest Do-able Second Term Policies
- Database Suggests Downward Trend in Times Coverage
- Weather and Climate Change Focus of AMS June 25 ‘Short Course’
- Goodbye Jim Hansen, Civil Servant. Hello Jim Hansen, Citizen Scientist
- Points Leading Conservative Voices Most Often Make on Climate Change
- Sportsmen’s and Anglers’ Views Highlighted in New ‘This Is Not Cool’ Video
- U. of Washington Course: Science Students Learning ‘to Tell Stories’
Category Archives: Commentary
Mining the Legacy of Steve Jobs for Lessons on Sustainability
A personal, tangible connection to the environment is crucial if we want to do more than intellectualize about climate change.
In Search of a New Eco-Narrative
More time will have to pass — and more minds will have to change — but the ‘new narrative’ on environmentalism supported by some may be establishing an early foothold. It remains uncertain whether a pro-technology/pro-economic growth approach can gain [...]
Making Funny with Climate Change
Comedy may be able to make inroads with audiences in ways that ‘serious journalism’ often cannot. With an issue as serious as climate science suggests, communicators should not shy from taking the risks of injecting humor as appropriate.
Putting Candidates and Others on the Spot
An open dialogue built on mutual trust may provide the best way to jump-start the ongoing serious dialogue climate change demands from those who would lead our country. The campaign season makes such a dialogue timely … and urgent.
Beware of Eco-Metaphors That Overstay Their Welcome
Can allegiance to outdated environmental metaphors unwittingly contribute to undue politicization of the issues? Is Easter Island an apt metaphor for the ‘whole Earth’?
Having A More Nuanced Climate Conversation
As a ‘wicked’ problem posing complex challenges on multiple levels, climate change demands a sophisticated, but perhaps impossibly elusive, dialog among diverse interests.
Why the Politicized Climate Debate is Even More Politicized Than it Need Be
The Internet’s ‘filter bubble’, at its worst in the blogosphere, is furthering the deep politicization on climate change. Does sparring with those holding different opinions offer a way out?



