Burnout and Despair: Studying the Climate

The Agenda with Steve Paikin

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Studying climate change can take its emotional toll. Some scientists and activists have experienced grief, depression, and anxiety. Some have received death threats. The Agenda looks beyond the science to the psychological strain climate change can have on those that know it best.
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Jan 15, 2019
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