By Saskia Comess, David Paolella, and Andrew Feierman While more than 75 percent of Americans say that climate change will affect future generations, less than 50 percent believe it will affect them personally. This startling statistic, shared by the Yale Program on...
On April 23, over 30 academics, programmers, and hackers from around the world converged in the Östermalm neighborhood in Stockholm, Sweden for the first-ever Evidence Synthesis Hackathon. Hosted by the Stockholm Environmental Institute and co-organized by the...
In 2012, Harvard Business Review crowned “Data Scientist” the sexiest job of the 21st century. Since that year, the field of data science – which combines statistics and computer science, to interpret data and inform decision-making – has leaped from milestone to...
It was, in the words of one attendee, “kind of an unusual mix.” Artists and graphic designers debated color choices with programmers, while musicians leaned over their laptops to consult with climate policy wonks. They all gathered this weekend, at the inaugural...
Climate change – an urgent, immediate problem – can sometimes feel like an abstract one. What do global temperature changes mean for a particular city and region? What will the difference between 1.5 and 2 C degrees of warming mean, in terms of heat waves, sea level...
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