PrintSeeing is believing. We'll spend a lot of time this semester looking at the impacts of a changing climate. We'll move our conversation out of the Arctic and into our own backyards. One of the most compelling ways we can be effective communicators of climate science is to contextualize it within familiar and valuable frameworks to our intended audience.
USDA and EPA have put together this Climate Change Indicators website, and it's quite good. Take a walk through the various metrics scientists use to understand the impacts of anthropogenic climate change. This site may end up being a useful resource to you as you pull together your Climate Change in My Community project this semester.
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What is a climate change indicator?
Indicators are observations or calculations that land managers, scientists, and planners can use to track conditions and trends; they can be used to understand how environmental conditions are changing and inform resilience planning for climate impacts.