Media Interviews & Analysis
2016
- Borenstein, S. (2016, April 20). Study: Warming giving US type of weather we prefer _ for now. Associated Press.
- Porter, E. (2016, April 19). Liberal Biases, Too, May Block Progress on Climate Change. The New York Times.
- Czepel, R. (2016, May 2). Trump wäre eine Katastrophe. Austrian Broadcasting Service (ORF).
2015
- Schiermeier, Q. & Tollefson, J. (2015, Oct. 6). South Korean Economist to Lead Global Warming Science Panel. Scientific American.
- Schiermeier, Q. & Tollefson, J. (2015, Oct. 6). Four challenges facing newly elected climate chief. Nature magazine.
- Watson, T. (2015, Sept. 17). Francis’ visit to highlight climate change issue. USA Today.
- Revkin, A. (2015, Sept 16). A Deep Dive into What Exxon Knew About Global Warming and When (1978) it Knew It. Dot Earth Blog, The New York Times.com.
- O’Connell, J. (2015, Aug. 13). Climate Change Forces Scientists to Speak Up. News @ Northeastern.
- Martin, G. (2015, June 19). 3Qs: Pope’s encyclical ‘shifts the conversation’ on climate change. News @ Northeastern.
- Nisbet, M.C. (2015, June 17). Pope’s Moral Mission on Global Warming to Shift US Climate Wars. The New Scientist.
- Nisbet, M.C. (2015, June 16). Pope Francis climate advocate: reframing the debate. The Conversation.
- Nisbet, M.C. (2015, May 11). Ecomodernists Spark Rhetorical Heat. Chronicle of Higher Education Review.
- Estrada, E. (2015, May 8). The Art and Science of Science Communication. The Current @ UC Santa Barbara.
- Nisbet, M.C. (2015, May 4). A Call for Greater Diversity of Thought in Environmental Studies Courses. The Conversation.
- Nisbet, M.C. (2015, March 6). Inside America’s Science Lobby: What Motivates AAAS Members to Engage the Public? The Conversation.
- Nisbet, M.C. (2015, Jan 28). Universities in the Anthropocene: Engaging Students and Communities. The Conversation.
2014
- Fahy, D. (2014, Nov 13). Hollywood’s Newest Hero Stereotype: The Scientist. The Washington Post.com.
- Tong, S. (2014, Nov 7). Low gas prices exciting. Global warming boring. Marketplace: Public Radio International.
- Tucker, D.R. (2014, Nov 7). Baker’s commitment to clean energy will be key. The Boston Globe.
- Voosen, P. (2014, Nov 3). Seeking a Climate Change. Chronicle of Higher Education.
- Horgan, J. (2014, Oct 5). Naomi “Merchants of Doubt” Oreskes Slams “Corrosive” Climate Change Skepticism. Scientific American.com.
- McElwee, S. (2014, May 7). Why Evangelists and Environmentalists Should Join Forces. The Week.
- Geiling, N. (2014, May 7). Why Doesn’t Anyone Know How to Talk about Global Warming? The Smithsonian magazine.
- McElwee, S. (2014, Apr 18). How to Tap Latent Conservative Support for Climate Change Policy. The Atlantic magazine online.
- Journalist’s Resource (2014, Feb.). Public Opinion on Biomedical Research: The Interplay of Partisanship and Public Beliefs about Science. Shorenstein Center at Harvard University.
- Nisbet, M.C.& Markowitz, E. (2014, Feb. 18). Beyond Partisanship in Biopolitics. The Scientist.
- Nisbet, M.c. & Markowitz, E. (2014, Feb. 19). Opinions about Scientific Advances Blur Party/Political Lines. The Conversation UK.
- Revkin, A. (2014, Jan. 8). A Closer Look at Cold Snaps and Global Warming. Dot Earth blog, The New York Times.com.
- The Kojo Nnamdi Show (2014, Jan. 8). Can Science Explain Extreme Weather? WAMU-NPR, Washington DC.
2013
- Schor, E. (2013, Dec. 13). The Education of an Unlikely Upstart with a “Weird” Name. Energy & Environment Daily.
- Nisbet, M.C. (2013, Nov. 26). A New Model for Climate Advocacy: Pragmatism and compromise are needed to break down climate change into smaller, interconnected problems, where progress can actually be achieved. Ensia magazine.
- Schor, E. (2013, Aug. 19). Are Climate Change Deniers the New “Birthers” in Obama’s Playbook? Greenwire.
- Dembicki, G. (2013, Aug. 19). Is Bill McKibben Making the Climate Change Fight Harder? The Tyee.ca.
- Subramanian, C. (2013, Aug. 8). Rebranding Climate Change as a Public Health Issue. Time.com.
- Revkin, A. (2013, Aug. 1). Google’s Science Fellows Challenge the Company’s Fundraising for Senator Inhofe. Dot Earth blog, The New York Times.com.
- Geman, B. (2013, July 6). Obama Channels His Inner Al Gore. The Hill newspaper.
- Fahy & Nisbet, M.C. (2013, July). Debating Bioethics Openly. The Scientist magazine.
- Nisbet, M.C. (2013, June 21). How to Win People’s Hearts and Minds for GM Farming. New Scientist magazine.
- Corner, A. (2013, April 23). Climate Change Isn’t Just about the Environment-It’s a Public Health Problem. The Guardian.
- Mooney, C. (2013, April 17). How Science Can Predict Where You Stand on XL Keystone. Mother Jones Online.
- Rosenstiel, T. (2013, April 15). Why We Need a Better Conversation About the Future of Journalism Education. Poynter.org.
- Revkin, A. (2013, April 8). Climate Campaigners Try Flooding the Comment Zone. Dot Earth blog, The New York Times.com.
- Brainard, C. (2013, March 28). Hela-cious Coverage: Media Overlook Ethical Angles of Henrietta Lacks Story. Columbia Journalism Review Online.
- Petit, C. (2013, March 12). Matt Nisbet Leads a Tour of Knowledge Journalism. MIT Knight Science Journalism Tracker.
- Kloor, K. (2013, March 9). Is Localism a Retro Fad or Blueprint for Sustainability? Collidiscape blog, Discover Magazine Online.
- Ferris, D. (2013, March 12). How Super-Achieving Journalists Shape Our Thinking. Forbes Magazine Online.
- Revkin, A. (2013, March 7). A Communications Scholar Analyzes Bill McKibben’s Path on Climate. Dot Earth blog, The New York Times.com.
2012
- Green. M. (2o12, Nov. 9). Is Washington Ready to Act on Climate Change? Newsweek / Daily Beast.
- Revkin, A. (2012, Oct. 10). Is Online Communication An Asset or a Liability? Dot Earth blog, New York Times.com.
- Svoboda, M. (2012, Oct. 4). Can Framing Overcome Political Scheming? Yale Forum on Media and Climate Change.
- Revkin, A. (2012, Oct. 1). From Abstract to News Release to Story, a Tilt to the Front Page Thought. Dot Earth blog, New York Times.com.
- Anon. (2012, Sept. 13). Child Rather than Polar Bear as Icon of Global Warming? Yale Forum on Media and Climate Change.
- Harris, R. (2012, Sept. 10). When Heat Kills: Global Warming as Public Health Threat. NPR News “All Things Considered.”
- Wihbey, J. (2012, Aug. 16). The List Goes on and On: Denier, Alarmist, Warmer, Confusionist, Believer. Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media.
- Anon. (2012, Aug. 16). Public Health, Rather than Environment, National Security? Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media.
- Anon. (2012, Aug. 30). Matthew Nisbet Q&A: Framing Public Health Issues. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Public Health Blog.
- Anon. (2012, Aug. 14). Scholars’ Research Offers Insight Into Future Debate about Climate Change. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
- Revkin, A. (2012, Aug. 14). Should Candidates Talk about Climate Change? Dot Earth blog, New York Times.com.
- Nisbet, M.C. & Scheufele, D.A. (2012, July 23). Opinion: Scientists’ Intuitive Failures. The Scientist.
- Gardiner, B. (2012, July 22). We Are All Climate Change Idiots. New York Times’ Week in Review.
- Voosen, P. (2012, July 9). Climate: Scientists Struggle with Limits — and Risks — of Advocacy. Greenwire.
- Nisbet, M.C. (2012, May 25). Squaring the Genetically Modified Crop Circle. New Scientist magazine.
- Hertsgaard, M. (2012, April 2). How a Grassroots Rebellion Won the Nation’s Biggest Climate Change Victory. Mother Jones.
- Bojanowski, A. (2012, Feb. 23). WissenschaftlerskandalKlimaforsher entwendet Geheimpapier von Lobbygruppe. Der Speigel.com.
- Revkin, A. (2012, May 25). Daniel Kahneman on the Trap of Thinking that We Know. Dot Earth blog, New York Times.com.
- Eilperin, J. (2012, Feb. 21). Climate Scientist Admits to Duping Skeptic Group to Obtain Documents. Washington Post.
- Spotts, M. (2012, Feb. 21). Climategate Sequel? Scientist Lies to Get Heartland Institute Document. Christian Science Monitor.
2011
- Rennie, J. (2011, Dec. 6). Mind Games on Global Warming. Smart Planet.com.
- Kuper, S. (2011, Nov. 25). Squabbling While the World Burns. Financial Times.
- Fouhy, B. (2011, Nov. 10). Tweets Become New Spin Room in 2012 Race. Associated Press.
- Fahy, D. (2011, Oct. 22). Shifting roles and emerging practices in online science reporting. Association of British Science Writers.
- Revkin, A. (Sept. 28, 2011). Reliable Sources in an Age of Too Much Information. Dot Earth blog at NY Times.com.
- Revkin, A. (Sept. 27, 2011). Reaction to a New Plan for CO2 Progress. Dot Earth blog at NY Times.com.
- Fahy, D. (2011, Sept. 28). Skeptical of Science: Among other new roles, journalists becoming critical of research. Columbia Journalism Review Online.
- Whithey, J. (2011, July 11). Reviewing the Nisbet Report and Controversial Claims of Media Progress. Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media.
- Whithey, J. (2011, July 11). A Yale Forum Extended Chat with American University’s Matthew Nisbet. Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media.
- Revkin, A. (2011, June 28). Online Climate Explored at Google. Dot Earth blog at New York Times.com.
- Badger, E. (2011, April 29). Placing the Blame for the Death of Cap and Trade. Miller-McCune Magazine.
- Anon. (2011, April 28). Flush with Cash. So What? The Economist.
- Walsh, B. (2011, April 25). Battling Over the Climate War. Time magazine.
- Revkin, A. (2011, April 25). Two Views of Climate Cause and Effect. Dot Earth Blog. The New York Times.com.
- Revkin, A. (2011, April 25). Beyond the Climate Blame Game. Dot Earth Blog. The New York Times.com.
- Kenward, A. (2011, April 22). Changes in Public Perception of Climate Change: Q&A with Matthew Nisbet. Climate Central.
- NPR.org (2011, April 21). New Republic: Eco-Movement Faces Hostile Environment. National Public Radio web site.
- Editorial (2011, April 21). Home Truths. Nature, 472, 260.
- Klein, E. (2011, April 21). The green movement might have done everything right and still lost the cap and trade fight,writes Brad Plumer. Washington Post.com.
- Petit, C. (2011, April 21). Climate Shift: Matt Nisbet Weighs In On Why Cap and Trade Failed to Catch Fire with Congress, Public. MIT Knight Science Journalism Tracker.
- Plummer, B. (2011, April 21). Blame Game. Has the Environmental Movement Been a Miserable Flop? The New Republic.
- Adam, D. (2011, April 20). Money Not the Problem in US Climate Debate. Nature.
- Nisbet M.C. (2011, Spring.) Beyond the Blame Game. Momentum Magazine.
- Maibach, E. & Nisbet, M.C. (2011, Spring). The Health Community Should Reframe Climate Change as a Human Health Issue. Environmental Health Policy Institute. Physicians for Social Responsibility.
- Revkin, A. (Jan. 28, 2011). When a CO2 Solution Is Ahead of the Problem. Dot Earth blog at NY Times.com.
2010
- Ward, B. (2010, March 18). Chill Out and Cool Off, Researcher Advises Climate Scientists Agog Admist Controversies. Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media.
- Revkin, A. (2010, March 8). Should Scientists Fight Heat or Stick to Data. Doth Earth blog, New York Times.com.
- Vergano, D. (2010, March 5). Scientists misread data on climate change. USAToday.com.
- Acharya, S. (2010, March 4). How Engaged are Youth on Climate Change? American Today.
- Samuelsohn, D. (2010, March 3). Graham’s Cap and Trade Pronouncement Reframes Hill Debate. New York Times.com.
- Eilperin, J. (2010, March 2.) Youth and Climate Change. Post Carbon Blog, WashingtonPost.com.
- WAMU (2010, March 1). The Climate Change Generation: Youth, Media, and Politics in an Unsustainable World. WAMU public radio broadcast, Washington, DC.
- Cordon, E. (2010, Feb 5). New York Times’ Andrew Revkin, American University’s Matthew Nisbet Urge Better Communication on Climate Change. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
- Hilts, P. (2010, Feb. 5). Waves in a Shallow Pan: Has Climate Change in the MSM Lost its Authority? Columbia Journalism Review Online.
- Gehrman, E. (2010, Feb 5). Global Warmings: Panel Says Media’s Decline Undercuts Public’s Education on Climate Change. Harvard Gazette.
2009
- Harte, J. (2009, Dec. 16). Shooting the Messenger: Climate Change Deniers Take Aim at Scientists. Philadelphia City Paper.
- Kerr, R. (2009, Nov. 13). Amid Worrisome Signs of Warming, “Climate Fatigue” Sets In. Science, 326, 925-928.
- Schmidt, C. (2009). Communication Gap: The Disconnect between What Scientists Say and the Public Hears. Environmental Health Perspectives, 117, 12, 548-551.
- Morello, L. (2009, Sept. 23). Obama and his aides phase ‘greenhouse gases’ out of their vocabulary. Climate Wire.
- Holland, E. (2009, Sept. 9). Research, not relations. Columbia Journalism Review Online.
- Brainard, C. (2009, Aug. 31). Can Science Be “Humanized?” Columbia Journalism Review Online.
- Petit, C. (2009, July 10). A Survey of Public Views of Science Finds No Surprises. MIT Knight Science Tracker.
- Lane, B. (2009, July 8). Closed Minds Stifle Science. The Australian newspaper.
- Revkin, A. (2009, June 15). A Climate (Communication) Crisis? Dot Earth Blog. The New York Times Online.
- Petit, C. (2009, June 15). Wire Service to Include Stories from Journalism Non-Profits. MIT Knight Science Tracker.
- Petit, C. (2009, June 11). Nature Biotechnology: A lot of people who are not science journalists explain the problems facing those who are. MIT Knight Science Tracker.
- Petit, C. (2009, June 5). Framing Science: Danish science writers having a conference – things there sound a Lot like things in the US. MIT Knight Science Tracker.
- Dolgin, E. (2009, May 21). Fossil Frenzy. The Scientist Online.
- Montenegro, M. (2009, May 21). Is There a Better Word for Doom? Six Experts Discuss the Merits of Framing Climate Change. Seed Magazine Online.
- Etheridge, Eric (2009, May 20). Let’s Not Go Ape Over Ida. The Opinionator Blog. The New York Times Online.
- Petit, C. (2009, May 20). Celebrity Inkstorm: Ida’s debut gets the klieg-lit, full-on publicity push. MIT Knight Science Tracker.
- Brainard, C. (2009, May 19). The Mediacene Age. Columbia Journalism Review Online.
- Petit, C. (2009, May 19). Big day for Darwinius masillae, and also for Publicityhoundus missinglinkextravaganserooza. MIT Knight Science Tracker.
- Marshal, C. (2009, May 15). Gore talks about politics, polls and protests. Climate Wire and New York Times Online.
- Petit, C. (2009, May 9). Geologist astronaut Harrison Schmitt heads for NY climate skeptics meeting. MIT Knight Science Tracker.
- Marshall, C. (2009, April 17). Poll spotlights influence of religious groups in climate debate. Climate Wire.
- Marshall, C. (2009, April 12). Record number of Americans say global warming is ‘exaggerated’ in media. Climate Wire.
- Brainard, C. (2009, April 3). Making Room for Skeptics? Columbia Journalism Review Online.
- Brainard, C. (2009, March 13). Gallup: Many Americans Think Media Exaggerate Global Warming. Columbia Journalism Review Online.
- Fleck, J. (2009, March 8). Former Astronaut Says Warming Natural. Albuquerque Journal (NM).
- Marshall, C. (2009, March 5). The Language of the Cap and Trade Debate. New York Times Online.
- Petit, C. (2009, March 2). A furious assault in the blogosphere, by the big media guns of climate change worry, on George Will. MIT Knight Science Tracker.
- Brainard, C. (2009, Feb. 26). The George Will Affair. Columbia Journalism Online.
- Revkin, A. (2009, Feb. 24). In Climate Debate, Exaggeration Is a Pitfall. The New York Times.
- Revkin, A. (2009, Feb. 23). Gore Pulls Slide of Disaster Trends. Dot Earth Blog, The New York Times Online.
- Petit, C. (2009, Feb. 23). Washington Post: Climate change refugees, already? Plus more WaPost science news. MIT Knight Science Tracker.
- Brainard, C. (2009, Feb. 10). Science Journalism Events at AMNH, AAAS. Columbia Journalism ReviewOnline.
- Revkin, A. (2009, Jan. 22). Obama Urgent on Warming, Public Cool. Dot Earth Blog. The New York Times Online.
- Mooney, C. (2009, Jan. 15). Mission Accomplished. Slate Magazine.
- Massimiano, Bucchi (2009, Jan. 14). Tanti gli angeli e pochi i demoni Il difficile è rompere i pregiudizi La Stampa (Italy), pg. 20.
- Petit, C. (2009, Jan. 7). A journalist for surgeon general? Sanjay Gupta, M.D., looks to be the man. MITKnight Science Tracker.
- The Kojo Namdi Show (2009, Dec. 9). Religion, Science, and the Climate Change Debate. WAMU-NPR.