While global leaders stalled at COP29 in Azerbaijan, Greg Nemet, a member of the POW Science Alliance and professor of public affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, found inspiration in the innovators driving real-world solutions. We sat down with Nemet to...
Photo by Adam Clark Some tools from a sociologist (and dinosaurs) to help us understand Many of us who worry about current and pending impacts from climate change held our breaths knowing the US Presidential election result could either propel us forward – or...
Photo by Donny O’Neill 97% of climate scientists researching climate change agree that it’s happening and that it’s human-caused. Data shows that humans have put two trillion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and that it’s changing the planet....
Photo by Seth Campbell Did you know every ski run, bike ride, climb, or hike can fuel real climate action? As a citizen scientist, you can transform your passion into impactful data that drives research and safeguards the wild places you love. Learn how your next...
Photo courtesy of NOAA When I am skiing and the snow ‘whoomphs’, it tells me something vital about stability, and I change course if I’m exposed to avalanche terrain. The climate is now telling us something vital about a set of risks to our communities and our...
Photos by Caitlin Ochs Hurricane Helene is a tragedy. The storm dropped 42 trillion gallons of water on communities across the Southeast—enough to completely drain Lake Tahoe. With the water, came widespread flooding, power outages, and an estimated $160 billion...