Climate Connection

Twenty-three top U.S. climate essay student finalists in the 2022 National Climate Essay Student Competition enjoin a clarion call for access to needed climate quality of life solutions uncovered by investigative research and personal experience. Bonus inaugural works of the 2019, 2020, and 2021 National Climate Student Essayists included demonstrate a climate urgency for a response trajectory synchronizing individual concerns, present-day humanity, and biodiversity survival realities. Famed naturalist, Wil Hershberger notes the importance of young people taking on the issue of the climate crisis. National Geographic wildlife photographer and field biologist, John Cancalosi advises readers of the type of mind required to successfully tackle the challenges that climate change presents.