In which I condense my non-science and science conversations into where my mind is most days.

Thumbnail by Javier Allegue Barros on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/C7B-ExXpOIE.

Is this the first time smoke has reached the North Pole? Why are we concerned about that?

Climate change is driving wildfires across the U.S., including the western states, but also in the Appalachian Mountains and in the boreal and Arctic. Increased prescribed burning and Indigenous cultural burning will reduce wildfire risk now. Climate action and reduction of future emissions and warming is needed now.

How planting a tree with my dad became a climate teaching moment.

Fire is commonly used in sugarcane harvesting in the U.S.

But is that necessary? What are the alternatives?