
Biden Channels FDR on STEM Policy
The president’s letter to his new science adviser emphasizes the crucial role science plays in our society—much as Roosevelt did in a similar missive in 1944
Benjamin Santer is an atmospheric scientist who has worked on all five previous Scientific Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
The president’s letter to his new science adviser emphasizes the crucial role science plays in our society—much as Roosevelt did in a similar missive in 1944
You must rebuild public trust in the scientific impartiality of the EPA, the DOE and other agencies
An engaged and well-informed public has always been the foundation of our democracy
With COVID-19, as with climate, we need to explore a variety of possible futures in order to set policy
The U.S. president’s hostility to expertise puts us all in danger
Human lives, human touch and direct human interactions are gone—and so is the sense that we can trust our leaders to act quickly and effectively in the face of a catastrophe
Both are existential challenges—and a president who belittles and neglects science has made them both tougher to address
The author, a climate scientist, faced a political controversy, along with a personal crisis, more than two decades ago, bringing lessons that resonate today
Martins Beach fostered a love of patterns and a desire to hold the powerful accountable
In situations where lives are at stake, you need to be rigorously honest with yourself and with others—not take out your Sharpie to distort the truth
In complex systems, small changes can make big differences
As I learned during my youth in Germany, exploring frontiers beats hiding behind barriers
It’s crucial to measure what we believe against reality, whether we’re talking about climate models or presidents. Now it's time to vote
If he so desired, Donald Trump could go down in history as the man who transcended ego and ignorance by acting to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Fat chance
Keeping citizens safe is an essential responsibility of government, but when it comes to the dangers of climate change, the Trump administration just doesn’t care
If I could, I’d bring politicians who doubt the reality of human-caused global change to spend a few days on the Juneau Icefield
Pres. Trump threatens the equilibrium not just of the international order, but of the planet we all depend on
Civility and decency are crumbling on a daily basis, undercut and weakened by language emanating from the White House
The Trump administration’s proposal to re-evaluate the science is really an attempt to muddy the waters
That attitude, shared across the political spectrum when the probe launched in 1977, has now fallen into disrepute in some quarters
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