Readers ask about coronavirus, and weigh in on climate change coverage
Come together Climate change is altering the world at an increasing pace, transforming ecosystems and harming indigenous communities. Scientists observing these changes are frustrated and grieving, Jonathan Lambert reported in “When grief comes with the job” (SN: 2/29/20, p. 22). Readers were moved by the story and many shared their experiences observing ecological changes in their own backyards. “I live at a lake that is maintained by natural springs and I’ve been there all my life,” reader Rhonda Embelton wrote. “My heart breaks for my beloved lake. Frogs declining, I don’t see bats anymore, I could go on and on. Young people don’t miss what they don’t see, so I feel that I have a responsibility to do what I can, as little as that may be! Thank you, to all scientists [who] work hard to reverse and bring awareness to everyone.” Lambert’s story brought reader Rebecca Hepburn to tears. “I’m no environmentalist, but there are less and...