I had arrived in Sydney in mid-December 2019 to collaborate with Australian researchers studying the impacts of climate change on extreme weather events. I lectured earlier this week at the Pennsylvania State University, where I’m teaching a course on climate change communication. It’s the dwelling that was observed floating down the Manning River in NSW, a few hundred kilometres north of Sydney, as the state suffered massive floods. Is climate change making it wetter or drier?” But in fact, that’s a false choice: It’s both. But it’s not too late to forestall a dystopian future that alternates between Mad Max and Waterworld.

Source: The Guardian March 23, 2021 23:55 UTC