By Morgan Fuller
As a scientist, when it comes to climate change, I don’t ask “are we causing this?” but rather “what can we do to mitigate and adapt?” Unfortunately, environmental issues have become highly politicized, with views based upon party lines and ideology rather than fact. I’m sure everyone has heard the debates on TV and laughed at Fox News, but I get the feeling that most people in science and academia rarely come into direct contact with extreme climate change deniers. I, however, am on the front lines. The majority of my extended family does not believe climate change is occurring, and knowing that I am studying environmental science, purposely pick fights with me on a regular basis. Fights that I cannot win because I don’t yell loud enough. What concerns me is this—regardless of your beliefs, political or otherwise, our climate is changing. Continue reading
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