3 Tools to Help You Channel Your Inner Climate Scientist

Olivia Rosane Energy Solutions

3 Tools to Help You Channel Your Inner Climate Scientist
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If you read a lot of news about the climate crisis, you probably have encountered lots of numbers: We can save hundreds of millions of people from poverty by 2050 by limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, but policies currently in place put us on track for a more than three degree increase; sea levels could rise three feet by 2100 if emissions aren't reduced.

But it can be hard to understand what all these data points look like on the ground, and what can be done to avoid the scariest numbers. That's why universities, nonprofits and businesses have started creating tools to help non-experts interact with their findings.

"Research shows that showing people research doesn't work," leader of the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative John Sterman said.

Instead, these tools help people conduct research of their own.

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