Climate Impacts Heighten Urgency to Act

Climate Impacts Heighten Urgency to Act

Author: Natural Resources Council of Maine December 7, 2023 Duration: 35:16
The U.S. government recently released the Fifth National Climate Assessment, the nation’s preeminent policy-neutral report highlighting the latest science about climate change impacts, risks, and responses. We speak with David Reidmiller, the director of the Climate Center at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) who co-authored the Northeast chapter about how climate change is affecting Maine communities and what gives him hope for the future. GMRI is an independent, non-partisan marin...

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