MAINE PUBLIC • August 10, 2021
There were already plenty of reasons for Mainers to be worried about man-made climate change -- a warming Gulf of Maine, crops suffering in droughts, shorter ski seasons -- before the United Nations released an alarming new report this week that found humans have a much smaller window of time than previously thought to meaningfully reduce global warming. Such landmark publications may feed the sense of helplessness and dread that some Mainers are already feeling about the hotter, stormier days ahead. But experts who study the mental and social effects of climate change say that individuals can do some basic things to make a difference and, by doing so, help themselves feel less powerless.