Public opinion on climate change is up but let’s not forget lessons from the past
In Britain, we have a well-rehearsed storyline around periods of hot weather: our summers are always ruined by rain, and so a heatwave is something to celebrate.
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Awarding-winning author’s new chapter for drought research
An award-winning author specialising in teen fiction is writing a story based on About Drought and Drought Risk & You (DRY) research for the world-famous Hay Festival.
Using our emotional intelligence: Lessons from the UK Geoenergy Observatories
An interesting article in Nature last year, by scientist and journalist Anita Makri, described how science communicated in the popular media sometimes leaves the public confused, and that in the ‘post-truth’ world, scientists are increasingly being ignored. […]
