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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Elena N. Naumova, Tufts University(THE CONVERSATION) I read the news about the urgency of addressing climate change, and as a mathematician who studies climate change, I was not surprised. Very worried, but not surprised.A few days before Christmas last year, I took a picture of a blooming cherry tree along the Charles River in Boston. As a scientist at Tufts University studying

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Nancy Fresco, University of Alaska Fairbanks(THE CONVERSATION) Coastal villages are washing into the Bering Sea, trees are sprouting in the tundra and shipping lanes are opening in an ocean that was once locked in ice. In Alaska, climate change isn’t a distant or abstract concern.As a climate change researcher at the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska,

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Farshid Vahedifard, Mississippi State University and Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine(THE CONVERSATION) In a warming world, the dangers from natural disasters are changing. In a recent commentary, we identified a number of costly and deadly catastrophes that point to an increase in the risk of “cascading” events – ones that intensify the impacts of natural hazards

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mikhail Chester, Arizona State University; Braden Allenby, Arizona State University, and Samuel Markolf, Arizona State University(THE CONVERSATION) The most recent international report on climate change paints a picture of disruption to society unless there are drastic and rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.Although it’s early days, some cities and municipalities are starting to

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