by Neil Auwarter On frozen pond: the Carnegie Mellon study As detailed in this issue’s companion article, Climate change in black and white: The power of binary framing, recent work in cognitive science suggests people are more impacted by climate information framed binarily — this or that — than by incremental data. The example used […]

by Padmini Das In the age of data overload, the biggest challenge in climate communication isn’t the lack of information, it’s getting people to feel it. A new study published in Nature Human Behaviour offers a striking insight into why some climate messages hit home while others fade into the background. The study, led by

by Fran Goldstein Given recent events — from accelerating climate disasters to government cutbacks — many people are experiencing profound anxiety and despair about the future. Yet emerging research and expert advice point to ways we can process these emotions, find meaning and take action without becoming overwhelmed. For instance, researchers at the University of