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Murtugudde featured in LiveScience Op-ed

  • December 2, 2013
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ESSIC / AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde was featured in a LiveScience Op-ed post entitled, “Climate Change Needs an Elephant Whisperer.”  Murtugudde’s piece discusses climate communication and reaction, comparing each half of the human brain to both a fictional elephant and its rider.

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