by Susan Keown | Sep 5, 2022 | ScienceWire
In The Atlantic, Eric Scigliano (@SeattleFlotsam) walks us through his recent decision to install a light-colored roof on his Seattle home to help cool his house and fight climate change — and investigates why these roofs aren’t more widely used given their clear...
by Susan Keown | Sep 5, 2022 | ScienceWire
For Science News, Beth Geiger writes about research linking rapid reptile evolution to shifts in climate. Geiger describes how the scientists precisely measured characteristics of a thousand fossils in 20 countries, comparing them to historical data on sea-surface...
by Susan Keown | Aug 5, 2022 | ScienceWire
New member Nicholas Turner (@nickturner217) writes for the Seattle Times about how the region’s latest heat wave has forced Washington to confront the impacts of climate change. Rather than being rare events, stretches above 90 degrees are now a part of Seattle’s...
by Susan Keown | Jul 4, 2022 | ScienceWire
Madeline Ostrander’s (@madelinevo) new book, “At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth,” shows us how Americans are working to protect the places they call home from the ravages of climate change. A mix of reported stories and lyrical essays,...
by Susan Keown | Jul 4, 2022 | ScienceWire
Ashi Blow (@ashliblow) writes for Crosscut about the impacts of climate change on the mental health of people in the Seattle area, as floods become commonplace in South Park, wildfire smoke causes breathing difficulties and forces people inside in late summer, and we...
