juliancolton

I'd like to echo the many words of support and congratulations here and all over the world this afternoon.

My question is this: Do you ever get discouraged by the seemingly misguided obsession with Pluto's status amongst the general public? It's already proven to be a fascinating object and system, and I can't help but wonder if you ever get the urge to scream, "Stop arguing and just look at all this cool new info!"

Edit: And one more question. I assume that technology has advanced quite a bit since the craft's launch in 2006, so are there any new instruments or methods that you wish had been available for implementation on NH?

Thank you both for your vital conservation work, and for the poignant, haunting, and beautiful (sometimes all at once) visual content that you create.

I know many people who deny the influence or even existence of man-made climate change. When I've referred them to this story to demonstrate the adverse effects of warming poles, they invariably demand to know how we can definitively prove that this particular bear's demise was the result of human activity. How do you typically respond in such debates? Do you think that these people genuinely believe AGW is a political hoax, or that they simply can't come to terms with the fact that our activity on Earth has created such tragic scenes as the one you've captured here? And in the interest of fairness, what can we "climate hawks" learn from people who are skeptical of the mainstream consensus?

Seeing as Senator Sanders believes ignoring the "entire scientific community" to be "irresponsible", does he plan on extending that philosophy to GMO science?