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Pittsburgh production considers how to make art for a warming world
In the face of overwhelming ecological crises like climate change, environmental advocates often worry that people will simply shut down and give up. So what’s an artist to do? For choreographer and performer Beth Corning, the answer is usually “make a show.”
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‘Extrapolations’ and the peril of climate cringe
A well-meaning Apple TV+ series is the latest story to struggle with making an environmental wake-up call into good drama.
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In ‘Extrapolations,’ Scott Z. Burns dramatizes some inconvenient truths
The star-studded Apple TV+ series about climate change could have felt like a plea to eat your vegetables. But not if Burns could make it entertaining.
6 podcasts to help tackle your climate anxiety
These shows, full of passionate reporting, will leave you better informed and perhaps less prone to doom paralysis.
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As energy costs bite, museums rethink a conservation credo
Tight climate controls have become the norm to protect artworks and artifacts. But as heating and electricity prices soar, Europe’s museums administrators are wondering whether the rules need to be so strict.
'The Ark' and 'JUNG_E' use the climate change crisis as a point of entry for science fiction
Science fiction regularly explores exaggerated visions of real-world problems, including apprehensions about the climate crisis.
Listen: How meteorologists cover climate change
Meteorologists are seeing the effects of climate change in real time, as extreme weather events and disasters become more common. We talk with three meteorologists about how they try to talk about climate change, how they see our world changing and what pushback they get from skeptics.
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