Climate science is often portrayed as dry and tedious. That’s left some climate scientists and communicators wondering how to make it more relatable to the general public. Do you use scientific facts? Do you tell a story? Do you use humor?

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Tropical forests have benefits that go beyond carbon sequestration. Despite this, deforestation continues unabated around the world, contributing to massive quantities of carbon emissions. Through her internship at the United Nations Development Programme, C+S student Manishka De Mel is supporting the UN-REDD Programme to review approaches to participatory monitoring – bringing together science and society.

It was around sunrise when I stepped off the turbo-prop airplane’s worn aluminum staircase and into the thick humid air, filled with wood smoke, the smell of burning trash, and the calls of countless roosters. I had no idea what to expect on this, my first day of fieldwork on Flores Island. Flores is one of the more than two thousand islands that make up the region called Nusa Tenggara Timur or NTT for short- a region situated about four hours by air to the east of Jakarta.

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The Indian Monsoon is the primary source of water for approximately one-fourth of the world’s population. Tree-ring data from India’s forests can be a perfect model to peek into the climate of the past and improve predictions for the region in the future.

Yogi Berra was right, the world isn’t perfect, and it never will be. What we love about New York often leaves us open to perils we need to shield ourselves from. Reynir Winnan discusses updating the City’s Hazard Mitigation Plan.

You might ask yourself what plastic bags have to do with climate change. Sofia Martinez explored the connection and worked with the Human Impacts Institute to see if there’s support for a plastic bag ban in New York.

Ministries of agriculture generally want to estimate crop yield to plan for food security and crop exports. Ever wonder how it’s estimated?

C+Ser Caitlin Reid spent the winter working with staff at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society and NASA on a climate and health project. That work sparked an interest and led her to continue on the path with IRI and NASA through the summer.