Former U.S. Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore called on scientists to communicate the urgency of climate change to political leaders and the public, saying that humanity has little time to change course before risking disastrous global consequences. ( http://tr.im/hBjf ; http://tr.im/hBjS )
The 36-year-old AAAS Mass Media Fellows program places science, engineering, and mathematics students in ten-week internships at newspapers, magazines, and radio outlets.