Climate change
Causes, effects and responses at different scales.
Should Climate Change Be Taught Across School Subjects?
An argument for teaching climate change across subjects while keeping scientific findings distinct from policy debates and recognizing limits on what a single curriculum can accomplish.
Individual Choices or Government Action: Who Should Address Global Warming?
A qualified argument that household choices matter, but government action on infrastructure and shared systems is necessary to make emissions reductions broad, durable, and fair.
Urban Heat Islands and Global Warming: Two Problems That Interact
An explanatory essay showing how urban surfaces and vegetation shape local heat, how global warming raises the background risk, and why tree planting is valuable but insufficient on its own.
Why Rising Sea Levels Matter to American Coastal Communities
An evidence-based explanation of why rising seas threaten U.S. coastal communities, how global sea-level rise differs from local shoreline change, and why local assessment and climate action both matter.
Global Warming in the United States: Causes, Effects, and Responses
An evidence-based explanation of the human causes of global warming, its observed and projected effects in the United States, and the complementary roles of emissions reduction and adaptation.
Climate Change and Water: Why Warming Alters More Than Temperature
An explanatory essay on how human-caused warming changes evaporation, precipitation, and water availability, with examples from U.S. regions and a discussion of uncertainty in marine heatwave analysis.
Ocean Warming and Marine Heatwaves: Why Local Data Matter
An explanatory essay distinguishing an isolated warm reading from a persistent marine heatwave, and showing how reference periods and monitoring scales shape interpretations of U.S. coastal conditions.