A scientist reckons with climate grief
BELFAST, Maine — How does it feel to be a climate scientist in 2023?
BELFAST, Maine — How does it feel to be a climate scientist in 2023?
Let’s set the scene. Hundreds of picnickers are sprawled across a lawn speckled with colorful blankets. Yachts bob in the bay. Guitars blare, children wrestle and dancers twirl across a concert lawn in the golden glow of a dying summer night.
It’s a picture-perfect August evening for the seaside town of Belfast’s “Summer Nights” concert series.
Off to the side, Peter Kalmus sits alone. His eyes are closed. His toes are tucked beneath his body. He’s catching an occasional side-eye from onlookers.
“When I’m meditating, I don’t feel anxious,” Kalmus later says, explaining that he strives for two hours of meditation a day to keep his climate anxiety at bay. Otherwise, “it’s completely overwhelming.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/scientist-reckons-climate-grief-rcna129981
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