E&E News quotes Gill in article on climate-focused science fiction
E&E News quoted Jacquelyn Gill, an associate professor and paleoecologist at the University of Maine, in the article “Meet cli-fi. It’s dark, it’s gloomy — and it might help.” “Cli-fi,” or science fiction focused on potential future effects of climate change, is a genre helping readers come to terms with global warming predictions and even imagine solutions for it, the article states. Gill said fiction has the power to make problems real for people, because narratives add dimensions of reality that data cannot. “That’s something I appreciate as a climate communicator in addition to being a scientist,” she said. “I appreciate the power of narrative and storytelling for shaking people up and making them aware of the climate crisis.”