{"id":9675,"date":"2017-01-07T21:01:59","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T02:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=9675"},"modified":"2017-01-07T21:01:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T02:01:59","slug":"science-is-storytelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2017\/01\/science-is-storytelling\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Science is storytelling&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Southernfriedscience.com<\/em> had an interesting blog post this week about talking to others about &#8220;climate change&#8221;. \u00a0The author points out that even though you may know a lot about the science of how climate works and how things are changing, that is just not going to resonate with a lot of people. Instead, talk about fishing. \u00a0Or farming. \u00a0Or flooding. \u00a0Stories get people involved and invested in what is happening in their own lives.<\/p>\n<p>I spend a lot of time talking about the science of climate and how we know that climate is changing, but most people I talk to get tired quickly of the charts and graphs that I use in my day to day work. \u00a0I have learned that what people really want to know about is why the growing season is longer now than it used to be and how that will impact their farm management. \u00a0Stories resonate and bring us together. \u00a0You can read the blog at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southernfriedscience.com\/when-i-talk-about-climate-change-i-dont-talk-about-science\/\">https:\/\/www.southernfriedscience.com\/when-i-talk-about-climate-change-i-dont-talk-about-science\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5565\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/florida-flood-John-Alger-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5565\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/florida-flood-John-Alger-web-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/florida-flood-John-Alger-web-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/florida-flood-John-Alger-web-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/florida-flood-John-Alger-web-184x138.jpg 184w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/12\/florida-flood-John-Alger-web.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Torrential rains in south Florida\u2019s Redlands growing region severely damaged winter yellow squash, zucchini and green beans, as well as this field of corn grown by Alger Farms. Source: Alger Farms via The Packer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southernfriedscience.com had an interesting blog post this week about talking to others about &#8220;climate change&#8221;. \u00a0The author points out that even though you may know a lot about the science of how climate works and how things are changing, that is just not going to resonate with a lot of people. Instead, talk about fishing. 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