Time to freak out? How the existential terror of hurricanes can fuel climate change denial
Terror management theory explores the lengths our minds will go to to deny existential threats. Psychologists explain what that can mean for climate denial.
Joshua Hart, Professor of Psychology, Union College •
conversation
Oct. 30, 2024 • ~8 min
Oct. 30, 2024 • ~8 min
Grappling with how clearings may support rainforest animal life
New research offers detailed overview of layout, makeup of canopy gaps in Congo
Harvard Gazette
• harvard
Oct. 29, 2024 • ~6 min
Oct. 29, 2024 • ~6 min
Amid Hurricane Milton’s devastation, a sliver of good news
Cellphone data suggest evacuation mandates, warning systems worked
Harvard Gazette
• harvard
Oct. 29, 2024 • ~5 min
Oct. 29, 2024 • ~5 min
How language barriers influence global climate literacy
More than three quarters of the world’s population do not speak the language in which the science about climate change is disseminated globally.
Mario Saraceni, Associate Professor in English Language and Linguistics, University of Portsmouth •
conversation
Oct. 29, 2024 • ~6 min
Oct. 29, 2024 • ~6 min
People around the world are using courts to question whether climate policies are fair – new study
So-called ‘just transition litigation’ focuses on the social justice implications of climate policies.
Joana Setzer, Associate Professorial Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science •
conversation
Oct. 22, 2024 • ~6 min
Oct. 22, 2024 • ~6 min
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