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Climate scientist recommendation to her own kind: 'Be a little bit braver'

caption: Puget Sound with the Olympic Mountains.
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Puget Sound with the Olympic Mountains.
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Bill Radke speaks with University of Washington oceanography professor LuAnne Thompson about a recent blog post she wrote about why scientist need to be better at communicating their ideas outside of the academic world. She talks about how now after the election of Donald Trump, people need to understand the science behind climate change more than ever.

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