Climate Change How Weather Becomes Memory For a university assignment, I spoke with people from different regions and generations about their perceptions of extreme weather events. These were the guiding questions — and I invite you to reflect on your own experiences for a little climate-literacy exercise: * What do you remember about past extreme weather events or
Steelhead Holding the River On Steelhead, Ritual, and Reckoning I didn’t grow up fishing or living by the river, yet spending time on and near Idaho’s Clearwater River taught me something about reverence and reckoning. This essay isn’t about optimism or pessimism; it’s about presence, about staying with beauty and
COP30 Belém Storm Lines and Story Lines: Learning Relational Resilience from Haida Gwaii A reflection on Indigenous governance, COP30, relational knowledge, and teaching school kids in the Bergisches Land Resilience comes from relationship. This week I kept circling back to three moments that, strangely, spoke to each other, even though they happened in completely different contexts. • Haida Gwaii preparing for storm surge and
Module Reflections Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate Summary of SPM.A, SPM.B, and SPM.C from the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate as part of our Topic 3 module assignment The Summary for Policymakers of the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate presents
Learning Journal Translating Vulnerability What Language Teaches Us About Resilience open - wound - open - wound - open wound - open - wound- open - wound Reading Resilience and Vulnerability: Complementary or Conflicting Concepts? (Miller et al., 2010) was both fascinating and, honestly, difficult for me. Not because the article was too complex,
Module Reflections At the Speed of the Earth Our topic this fortnight in the Climate change and environmental hazards module has been vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation in relation to climate change. (And yes, I’ve just begun hearing the word fortnight all the time, one of those charming reminders that I’m back in the world of British
Attribution & Evidence Climate Change at a Glance Two slides, one story of a warming planet. This short project was part of my MSc module Climate Change and Environmental Hazards. The task: explain the causes and global impacts of climate change in just two slides. When I started, I approached it like any science assignment, with facts and
News Crossing Thresholds Investigating Climate Change in the News and on Social Media – October 2025 This week I explored three recent pieces that reflect different facets of our changing planet, from the chemistry of the ocean to bird migration patterns and the rising force of storms. 1. Ocean Acidification - Crossing the Boundary
Module Reflections Welcome to Snowline Rising Snowline Rising is a reflective space created for my module Climate Change and Environmental Hazards at the University of London. This blog gathers my observations, connections, and moments of learning along the way. The title refers to one of the clearest signs of a warming world: the rising snowline. When
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