162. Will We Solve the Climate Problem?

Kate Marvel spends her days playing with climate models, which she says are “like a very expensive version of The Sims.” As a physicist she gets tired of being asked to weigh in on economics, geopolitics, and despair — but she still defends the right of scientists to have strong feelings about the planet.

• SOURCES:• Kate Marvel (marvelclimate.com), climate scientist and science writer.

• RESOURCES:• Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet (amazon.com/Human-Nature-About-Changing-Planet/…), by Kate Marvel (2025).
• "Are Americans Concerned About Global Warming? (news.gallup.com/poll/355427/americans-concerne…)" (Gallup, 2024).
• "Can clouds buy us more time to solve climate change? (youtube.com/watch?v=Tmk7nAvpMXQ)" by Kate Marvel (TED, 2017).
• SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance (amazon.com/SuperFreakonomics-Cooling-Patriotic…), by Stephen Dubner and Steve Levitt (2011).
• "Global Warming’s Six Americas (climatecommunication.yale.edu/about/projects/g…)," (Yale Program on Climate Change Communication).
• "Fred Rogers: Look for the Helpers (youtube.com/watch?v=-LGHtc_D328)."

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