Recent years have seen many calls for climate scientists to become better storytellers. Storytelling has intuitive appeal: In a world made increasingly nonsensical by climate change, storytelling helps make sense of the world, as it always has. Yet, despite calls for climate scientists to be better storytellers, there is no consensus about what counts as a story or about how scientists should tell stories. This article responds to calls for climate scientists to become better storytellers. Specifically, it relates three lessons drawn from extensive interviews and fieldwork with storytellers in Appalachia and Alaska, in which they responded to questions regarding what advice they would give to scientists struggling to communicate their research. The three lessons center on the importance of context and connection, the utility of ambiguity, and the importance of listening, as well as speaking, to intended audiences. Key Words: applied geography, climate change communication, public outreach, science communication, storytelling.

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讲述关于气候变化的故事

近年来，许多呼吁气候科学家成为更好的讲故事的人。讲故事具有直观的吸引力：在一个因气候变化而变得越来越荒谬的世界中，讲故事有助于理解这个世界，一如往常。然而，尽管呼吁气候科学家成为更好的讲故事的人，但对于什么是故事或科学家应该如何讲故事并没有达成共识。本文响应呼吁气候科学家成为更好的讲故事者。具体来说，它讲述了从阿巴拉契亚和阿拉斯加的讲故事者的广泛采访和实地调查中得出的三个教训，他们回答了关于他们会给努力交流他们的研究的科学家提供什么建议的问题。这三个课程集中在上下文和联系的重要性、歧义的效用、以及听和说对目标受众的重要性。关键词：应用地理学，气候变化传播，公共宣传，科学传播，讲故事。