Parallel global crises Pandemic alters research, highlights need for leaders to listen to science Miles Grant Director of Publications & Media Relations
The year 2020 will go down as unprecedented in the Center’s 35-year history: Nearly-empty offices, limited laboratory work, and hardly any field research. As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread, Woodwell Climate scientists have been challenged as never before to find creative ways to achieve their research goals—and, as with climate change, world
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leaders have been challenged to accept science or face the consequences. Almost all Woodwell staff have been working remotely since the outbreak began in March. After a total shutdown in March, the Gilman Ordway Campus in Falmouth partially reopened in June following guidelines from the state of Massachusetts. Essential staff may enter
the office after completing a virtual training. Strict health protocols are in place, common areas remain closed, and only a handful of staff work out of the offices each day. The reopening effort has been overseen by Laboratory Manager Lindsay Scott, now holding the additional role of COVID Safety Director.
Climate Science for Change
Fall 2020
