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Climate is at a Crossroad, What's Next: Curated by Amanda Little

We’re at a striking crossroads on climate change: The outgoing Trump administration has denounced climate science and called environmental solutions economically devastating, while the incoming Biden administration considers global warming an “existential challenge” and the biggest job-creation engine of our time. What are the facts? These sources point to clear research, fact-based coverage and the most viable solutions on a topic that may define the next four years of U.S. news and politics.

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    The climate according to NASA

    What do satellites say about climate change? Check out NASA’s Interactive live map of the globe called “Earth Now” where you can explore vital signs including air temperature, carbon dioxide emissions, and soil moisture.

    Home – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

    Home – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

    How Do We Know Climate Change Is Real? There is unequivocal evidence that Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate. Human activity is the principal …

    Inside the hot zones

    Winner of a 2020 Pulitzer Prize, this Washington Post feature explores the phenomenon of hot zones that are spreading around the world with powerful infographics and video supplements.

    Dangerous new hot zones are spreading around the world

    Dangerous new hot zones are spreading around the world

    LA CORONILLA, Uruguay — The day the yellow clams turned black is seared in Ramón Agüero’s memory. It was the summer of 1994. A few days earlier, he had collected a generous haul, 20 buckets of the thin-shelled, cold-water clams, which burrow a foot deep into the sand along a 13-mile stretch of beach …

    Climate change is a problem you can taste

    My TED Talk explores why the single biggest threat of climate change is the collapse of food systems—and how technology will redefine sustainable food in the decades ahead.

    We're all a hot mess

    A TV show on PBS called Hot Mess on how climate change impacts all of us, how different generations are talking about the problem in new ways, and how emerging solutions could create a better future for humanity and the planet.

    Hot Mess | PBS

    Hot Mess | PBS

    Hot Mess is a show about how climate change impacts all of us. Hot Mess is a show about how climate change impacts all of us, and about how we can …

    World war zero

    This unlikely coalition of politically and generationally diverse figures – Republicans and Democrats, celebrities and politicians, four-star generals and youth activists – is producing compelling writing, video content, and live interviews on climate change.

    World War Zero

    World War Zero

    From scientists, Governors, youth activists, CEOs, and global leaders, we reach across the aisle and across generations with an unlikely coalition powered by people like you.

    A new definition of corporate leadership

    It’s time for corporate leaders to shift their focus from how they can do less harm to how they can turn the environmental crisis into a transformative opportunity.

    Top 100 solutions to global warming

    A collective of scientists and researchers surveyed the most promising solutions to climate change in agriculture, transportation, energy, buildings, health and education, and more. See what they found, from bioplastics to forest restoration.

    What the new administration can do on day 1

    There’s a lot that the next President can do on climate without cooperation from Congress. Read this policy guide for the next POTUS, penned by Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.

    Climate Action Day One

    Climate change is the defining global challenge of the twenty-first century. It is the cause of wildfires choking the American West and elsewhere. It is the reason tropical storms are far more intense than just a generation ago. Climate change constitutes a direct threat to the safety and prosperity of Americans. We must act on it.

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