{"id":3915,"date":"2021-09-09T22:02:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T22:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3915"},"modified":"2025-10-15T22:06:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:06:20","slug":"talking-through-the-tangled-terms-of-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\/talking-through-the-tangled-terms-of-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Through The Tangled Terms Of Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-light-gray has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-82641648 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-light-gray--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default tribe-news-single-overline\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><span class=\"is-color-blue\">News<\/span><span class=\"separator\"> | <\/span><span>Science Friday<\/span><span class=\"separator\"> | <\/span><span>September 2021<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h1 style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Talking Through The Tangled Terms Of Climate Change<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-large is-style-large--2\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">When scientists talk about climate change, there are certain words and phrases that get brought up often. Terms like \u201cmitigation,\u201d \u201ccarbon neutral\u201d and \u201ctipping point\u201d are used frequently to explain how the climate crisis is unfolding. They\u2019re often found in reports meant to educate the public on climate change, such as\u00a0the latest report\u00a0from the UN\u2019s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outlined tribe-button-has-icon is-style-outlined--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencefriday.com\/segments\/climate-change-jargon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Listen to the full conversation on Science Friday<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/file-20190602-69059-1j59yc8-1024x683.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3916\" style=\"border-radius:16px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/file-20190602-69059-1j59yc8-1024x683.avif 1024w, https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/file-20190602-69059-1j59yc8-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/file-20190602-69059-1j59yc8-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/file-20190602-69059-1j59yc8.avif 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo source: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group aligngrid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-small is-style-small--4\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Filed under<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"c-tag-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-tag-list__item t-category c-tag-list__item--green\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\/?_practice_area=climate-sustainability\" class=\"c-tag-list__item-link\">Climate &amp; Sustainability<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9bcb33e3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group aligngrid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9366075c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-overline is-style-overline--5\">Related News<\/h2>\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"wp-block-buttons wp-block-tribe-explore-all-news-button\">\n\t<div class=\"b-explore-news-button wp-block-button is-style-outline tribe-button-has-icon\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Explore all news<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:0\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"b-related-news b-related-news--layout-grid aligngrid aligngrid wp-block-acf-related-news\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"c-news-card\">\n\t<ul class=\"c-tag-list c-news-card__tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"c-tag-list__item t-category c-tag-list__item--green\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\/?_practice_area=climate-sustainability\" class=\"c-tag-list__item-link\">Climate &amp; Sustainability<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<div class=\"c-news-card__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-news-card__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"986\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Project-Nexus.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Project-Nexus.jpeg 986w, https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Project-Nexus-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Project-Nexus-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Project-Nexus-680x383.jpeg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-news-card__content\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"c-news-card__title t-display-x-small\">California Needs Water and Clean Power. 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