May 27, 2025

Program testimonial: Leah Kos

NC State’s One-year MS in Climate Change & Society is a highly rewarding program, providing students with the tools and experiences needed to succeed in the field of climate science. The effective blend of technical and applied courses, along with the invaluable capstone project, are unique characteristics that set this program aside from others. With a meteorology…

Dec 12, 2018

Unsustainability = Vulnerability = Unsustainability = …

by WALTER ROBINSON North Carolina, where I live, has just come through a winter snowstorm. It was a bit unusual coming so early in the winter and it dumped a good amount of snow on our southern state, but it was, all said and done, just a snowstorm. Yet this rather ordinary storm produced enormous disruption,…

Jul 16, 2018

Climate deniers or climate traitors?

by WALTER ROBINSON As I write this, California endures another extreme fire year under record-breaking heat, the Canadian province of Québec has suffered a deadly heat wave, and Japan just experienced unprecedented flooding rains, with many deaths and 1.6 million people evacuated from their homes. Elsewhere, a city in Oman broke the world record for…

Jan 18, 2018

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Dec 29, 2017

Climate and Weather Education through NCEI

by Kara Piarulli I​ ​had​ ​the​ ​amazing​ ​opportunity​ ​to​ ​work​ ​with​ ​the​ ​National​ ​Center​ ​for Environmental​ ​Information(NCEI)​ ​this​ ​fall​ ​through​ ​an​ ​internship​ ​in​ ​order​ ​to obtain​ ​my​ ​Master’​ ​s​ ​degree​ ​in​ ​Climate​ ​Change​ ​and​ ​Society​ ​from​ ​NCSU.​ ​I received​ ​my​ ​bachelor’s​ ​degree​ ​in​ ​meteorology​ ​from​ ​Millersville​ ​University​ ​in PA​ ​in​ ​May​ ​of​ ​2016. I​ ​knew​…

Sep 20, 2017

“Something wicked this way comes”: 10 Reasons why climate change as a “wicked problem”

by WALTER ROBINSON We often hear that climate change is a “wicked problem”. But what does that mean? And what are the implications of a “wicked problem” for a Master’s Program in Climate Change & Society? Although “wicked problem” sounds trendy, the term goes back more than 50 years, and we know exactly when and…

Sep 15, 2017

5 ways in which Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria show us the link between Climate Change and Society

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have proven to be catastrophic disasters for the residents of southeast Texas, the Florida Peninsula and Puerto Rico. Which adaptive actions are needed to mitigate the potential societal impact of the anticipated heightened intensity of storms like Harvey and Irma? A few suggestions are offered below. Forecast system: Hurricane Harvey and…