To get Americans to care about climate change, just call it climate change
By Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Director of Behavioral Science & Policy Initiative, Schaeffer Institute of Public Policy & Government Service, USC Price School of Public Policy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Gale Sinatra, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Education and Psychology, University of Southern California, The Conversation · November 13, 2026
Phrases like ‘climate crisis,’ ‘climate emergency’ or ‘climate justice’ used at COP31 might seem to escalate urgency, but a large survey shows they don’t help and may actually hurt.
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Why the Microsoft 365 outage is different and why it takes so long to restore email services
By Doug Jacobson, University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University · 5h ago
Oceans and forests have absorbed roughly half our carbon emissions for decades, slowing climate change – but can they keep it up?
By Andrew C. Manning, Visiting Professor of Carbon Cycle Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Andrew J. Watson, Professor of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Exeter, Eric J. Morgan, Project Scientist in Geosciences, University of California, San Diego · 7h ago
Debate in New York City over city-run groceries is not just about food, but something bigger
By Nevin Cohen, Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Public Policy · 11h ago