These are good examples of the importance of being
smarter about our changing climate, and it is past time for that same thinking to inform other government decision - making.
As public
perceptions about changing climate conditions, natural resource management, and other environmental threats are debated, practitioners can attest to the impact such factors are having on their business.
How We Know What We
Know About Our Changing Climate presents clear science and outstanding photos of the evidence from flowers, butterflies, frogs, trees, glaciers, ice cores, and much more, gathered by leading scientists all over the world.
We are still yet to fully understand the impact of the US presidential election, but one thing is clear — those who
care about our changing climate are concerned about the appointment of President - elect Trump, a man who is a self - proclaimed climate change skeptic.
Separately, Eric Steig, a professor at the University of Washington, told Mashable that satellite data's main flaw is that it doesn't tell us
much about the changing climate where we live — that is, at the surface.
«We often hear people claim that a big snowstorm is evidence that the climate is not warming, but these results make it clear that such storms do not provide much
evidence about a changing climate,» says Broccoli, who did not contribute to the study.
«Climate change legislation is a central concern across government at all levels, and is not
solely about the changing climate, but is embedded in public health policies,» the editors contend.
I'm also the father of two small children, and what I know from these scientific journals and
conferences about our changing climate is disturbing when I think about the future they'll face.
It could be due to a range of factors, the scientists say, from «a well - financed opposition» to the Cape Wind project on Cape Cod, to increasing public awareness and
concern about changing climate and «global warming,» to health impacts and the recent electricity rate hikes in Delaware.
Misunderstandings and willful
denial about our changing climate have had real impacts on policy decisions, and the consequences of our inability or unwillingness to act are real.
How We Know What We Know
About Our Changing Climate shows how scientists track data on global warming and tells the stories of children all over the world that help collect this data.
The city of bikes: Paris has plans to set the mood by seeding the city with over 20,000 affordable, rentable bikes... Sportsmen are getting
worried about the changing climate as hunting traditions become endangered...
Continually reviewing and talking about an organization's behavior statements shows employees that the leadership team isn't just checking off a box, but that they really
care about changing the climate.
But first, here's Lynne Cherry, an author, illustrator and filmmaker who collaborated many times with Braasch, particularly notably in my favorite book on climate change for younger readers, «How We Know What We
Know About Our Changing Climate.»
Gary's work with co-author Lynne Cherry on How We Know What We Know
About Our Changing Climate has been instrumental in empowering students to become involved in climate change solutions.
That dilemma was at the top of the editor's mind at Dawn Publications when he first saw the book proposal by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch that became How We Know What We Know
About Our Changing Climate.
How We Know What We Know
About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming contains lots of information illustrating that the climate is changing.
... I also heartily recommend a new nonfiction book for upper - grade level children called How We Know What We Know
About Our Changing Climate.
With this in mind authors Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch set out to educate children about the topic of global warming with How We Know What We Know
About Our Changing Climate.
How We Know What We Know
About Our Changing Climate is a very child friendly, easy - to - read book that helps readers better understand the climate crisis by giving solid evidence, such as bird migratory patterns and the melting icecaps, to explain what is happening.
The book, How We Know What We Know
About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming (Dawn Publications, 2008), written with photojournalist Gary Braasch, was finished during Cherry's tenure as the 2006 artist - in - residence at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and features many examples of young people and others involved in citizen science projects at Cornell and elsewhere.
How We Know What We Know
About Our Changing Climate is above all about the process of learning: How to observe phenomena in the world, collect information about them, and draw logical conclusions based on the evidence.
... Also from Dawn is How We Know What We Know
About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch.
With colorful and interesting graphics, charts, photographs and concise, scientific explanations, How We Know What We Know
About Our Changing Climate is an excellent resource.
How We Know What We Know
About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch contains fascinating two - page stories and telling photos.
And for a younger crowd (and with a far more optimistic tone), there's Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch's How We Know What We Know
About Our Changing Climate.
, in which lessons on the ravaging of ecosystems also offer plenty of opportunities to practice silent e, to the ultra-sophisticated How We Know What We Know
About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming, by foremost environmental author Lynne Cherry, in which middle school readers are cast as coprincipal investigators.
A Teacher's Guide to How We Know What We Know
About Our Changing Climate: Lessons, Resources, and Guidelines for Teaching About Global Warming by Carol L. Malnor has activities that provide an excellent introduction to the study of climate and may be used to expand curriculum by sharpening the focus on relevant environmental issues.
For educators there is also A Teacher's Guide to How We Know What We Know
About Our Changing Climate: Lessons, Resources, and Guidelines About Global Warming.
How We Know What We Know
About Our Changing Climate, by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch, is a beautifully presented collection of factual stories about scientists and children around the world who are taking action to research and remedy climate change.
How We Know What We Know
About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch, explains how scientists piece together Earth's «climate history» from tree rings, mud cores, ice cores, and other sources.