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First Mammal lost to climate change
by Michael Todd Harris, June 14 2016 | 2 comments
NNOCCI Cheat Sheet
by Alyssa Reischauer, May 18 2016 | 2 comments
I put together a cheat sheet/outline of NNOCCI strategic framing ideas/tools to share with my coworkers when I summarize what we discussed in the study circle. Sharing in case anyone else finds it useful.
Monday, April 25—SOARCE Webinar—Blue Carbon: The Climate Mitigation Opportunity You've Never Heard Of
by Sarah-Mae Nelson, MS, CIG/CIT, April 19 2016
Join us as our Spring webinar series continues on Monday, April 25th at 3pm EDT (12pm PDT) " Blue Carbon: The Climate Mitigation Opportunity You've Never Heard Of " ...
February Global Temp. Anomaly Sets New Record For the Globe
by Thom Benson, March 18 2016
The globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for February 2016 was the highest for the month of February in the NOAA global temperature dataset record, which dates back to 1880. It was the highest departure from average among all 1...
Twentieth Century Global Sea Level Rise Faster Than Past 27 Centuries
by Thom Benson, March 18 2016
The 20th century saw the fastest rise in global sea level in 27 centuries, according to a new study supported by NOAA.
Record Annual Increase of CO2 Observed at Mauna Loa for 2015
by Thom Benson, March 18 2016
The annual growth rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide measured at NOAA's Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii jumped by 3.05 parts per million during 2015, the largest year-to-year increase in 56 years of research.
A Global Voice for Survival: An Ecosystemic Approach for World Changes & Development Design
by André Francisco Pilon , March 10 2016
In the ecosystemic approach, instead of trying to adapt to droughts, floods, air pollution, land degradation, deforestation and rising sea levels, that inevitably will lead to overall catastrophe, it is posited that we should deal with the present...
Climate in the Parks: Innovative Climate Change Education in Parks
by Alyssa Reischauer, March 02 2016
(Copied from the introduction with edits in brackets) Climate in the Parks shows the ways in which parks are striving to meet this demand [by 67% of National Park and Wildlife Refuge users for more communication about climate change]. By...
Visualizing Change - Training Dates
by Sylvia Scharf, February 29 2016 | 8 comments
Visualize Change And learn ways you and your team can engage audiences with topics of climate and ocean change using narratives with global data visuals using the best practices based on targeted social and cognitive research ...
How Climate Change Works: Rampant Carbon Dioxide
by Sarah-Mae Nelson, MS, CIG/CIT, February 19 2016
Produced for the National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation (NNOCCI), this video explains how rampant carbon dioxide causes climate change
Ahead of the Tide: Sea Level Rise
by Sarah-Mae Nelson, MS, CIG/CIT, February 19 2016
Florida is ground zero for sea level rise. Chapter 2 of “Ahead of the Tide” explains why seas are rising and why Florida is especially at risk. We explore from the geography to the geology why Floridians are already being affected by rising seas and...
Ahead of the Tide: Florida’s Lifeblood
by Sarah-Mae Nelson, MS, CIG/CIT, February 19 2016
Beaches are part of the lifeblood of the state of Florida – and right now they are under threat. This opening chapter of Ahead of the Tide introduces us to the various factors affecting one of the most important aspects of the sunshine state: our...
How Our Brain Interprets the World - Backward Brain Bicycle (Smarter Every Day)
by Sarah-Mae Nelson, MS, CIG/CIT, February 17 2016
Our brains receive massive amounts of information every day and every action we take follows a complex pathway through our brain. This video beautifully illustrates what it takes to learn—and unlearn—a particular series of behaviors. It's important...
Network Location and Policy-Oriented Behavior: An Analysis of Two-Mode Networks of Coauthored Documents Concerning Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region
by Jennifer Brenneman, February 16 2016
Keywords: policy behavior; networks; scientists; climate change This study explores how a scientist's location in science-based policy networks can affect her policy-oriented behaviors. In particular, we hypothesize that...
Opinion: Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment
by Andrew Jones, February 11 2016
"A cornerstone of environmental policy is the debate over protecting nature for humans’ sake (instrumental values) or for nature’s (intrinsic values) ( 1 ). We propose that focusing only on instrumental or intrinsic values may fail to resonate...
Climate-Aquatics Blog
by Andrew Jones, February 11 2016
"The intent of the Climate-Aquatics Blog was to aggregate, interpret & disseminate climate change related information among the global freshwater community so that the rate of understanding and adaptation was accelerated. By doing so...
UPDATED—WEBINAR—February 11, 2016—Why We Don't Believe Science: A perspective from decision psychology
by Sarah-Mae Nelson, MS, CIG/CIT, January 12 2016 | 2 comments
People make hundreds of decisions every day, weighing risks and benefits and coming to conclusions. In a perfect world, people are objective when they perceive risks and make decisions in climate and other domains. But psychological research...
Vogue.com covered Cop 21
by Anne-Marie Runfola, January 10 2016
Journalist covered Cop 21 for Vogue - focusing on the women of Cop 21, answering the 1.5 vs 2 degrees question, etc. Interesting to see these discussions go more mainstream
Next Generation Climate—NGSS Middle School Lessons
by Sarah-Mae Nelson, MS, CIG/CIT, December 08 2015
NGSS supporting climate change curriculum Next Generation Climate uses the Next Generation Science Standards as a framework and is aligned to the Climate and Energy Literacy principles. Next Generation Climate and our other curricula are...
Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange
by Sarah-Mae Nelson, MS, CIG/CIT, December 08 2015
Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange The Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE) aims to build a shared knowledge base for managing natural and built systems in the face of rapid climate change and is intended to help build a community of...

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Most Recent Resources

First Mammal lost to climate change

NNOCCI Cheat Sheet

Monday, April 25—SOARCE Webinar—Blue Carbon: The Climate Mitigation Opportunity You've Never Heard Of

February Global Temp. Anomaly Sets New Record For the Globe

Twentieth Century Global Sea Level Rise Faster Than Past 27 Centuries

Record Annual Increase of CO2 Observed at Mauna Loa for 2015

A Global Voice for Survival: An Ecosystemic Approach for World Changes & Development Design

Climate in the Parks: Innovative Climate Change Education in Parks

Visualizing Change - Training Dates

How Climate Change Works: Rampant Carbon Dioxide

Ahead of the Tide: Sea Level Rise

Ahead of the Tide: Florida’s Lifeblood

How Our Brain Interprets the World - Backward Brain Bicycle (Smarter Every Day)

Network Location and Policy-Oriented Behavior: An Analysis of Two-Mode Networks of Coauthored Documents Concerning Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region

Opinion: Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment

Climate-Aquatics Blog

UPDATED—WEBINAR—February 11, 2016—Why We Don't Believe Science: A perspective from decision psychology

Vogue.com covered Cop 21

Next Generation Climate—NGSS Middle School Lessons

Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange

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