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MAY 01, 2020

Volume 54, Issue 1

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Oceanography grad student Jacquelyn Veatch stands atop a retreating glacier along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. However, the view looks promising as scientists from all disciplines work hard to understand our planet at Palmer Station. Photo courtesy of Jacquelyn Veatch.

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Molly McDonough. Photo courtesy of the SPS National Office.

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Enacting Change as a Physicist

MAY 01, 2020

Samantha Staskiewicz. Photo courtesy of the SPS National Office.

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Beyond Undergrad Physics: A Physicist’s Path into Climate Science

MAY 01, 2020

Tyler Fenske (vice president), Emma Evans (webmaster), Lauren Murphy, Caelan Brooks (treasurer), and Emilie Laychock (president). Photo courtesy of the Kutztown SPS chapter.

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Speaking Out and Getting Motivated: Notes from a Campus Climate Rally

MAY 01, 2020

Figure 3. Visualization of CO2, by Greg Shirah and Horace Mitchell. Released on January 23, 2017, source - svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12478.

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Physics Puzzler: Calculating the Collective Effect: Stemming the Tide of Climate Change

MAY 01, 2020

People's Climate March, Washington, DC, April 2017. Photo by Nicole Glass Photography / Shutterstock.com.

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Meeting the Challenges of a Warming World

MAY 01, 2020

A UNC SPS chapter member engages young scientists during a community outreach event. Photo courtesy of Johnny Andrews, UNC-Chapel Hill.

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Climate Change from the Ground Up: Contributing to a Global Challenge

MAY 01, 2020

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SPS Makes a Statement on the Climate Crisis

MAY 01, 2020

Students prepare pasta using a passive cooking model in a PhysCon workshop led by Carla Ramsdell. Photo credit - Society of Physics Students National Office.

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Changing Climate and Changing Lifestyles

MAY 01, 2020