A U of I led project (Co-PI Seamon) will receive $6M in funding from NSF to investigate how people in rural communities perceive the extent of climate change. The award is multi-institutional, including the University of Idaho, the University of South Carolina, and the University of Nevada. An understanding of how human perceptions drive decision making can guide policy making that improves the resilience of how we use resources — resources that are central to global stability. The study will focus on rural communities, which provide the majority of food, energy and water for the United States and have been effectively left out of climate adaptation dialogues. https://wherewelive.org