A cynic once said that the main issue for our society when it comes to the environment is do we care about environmental problems a little or not at all?
For a long time this has been a fair question, but it looks like things are improving. For example, my students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater no longer look bored or doubtful when I start going on about climate change. Instead they want to talk about solutions.
(Jeff McKinnon is a professor of biological sciences at UW-Whitewater and serves as director of the university’s Undergraduate Research Program.)