Climate change threatens hot global temperatures, rising sea levels, catastrophic storms and disappearing wildlife. Many of us are worried about the data climate scientists are generating – about the future we are leaving behind our children . However, many of these experts are parents themselves. Scientific American asked six climate scientists who have young or school-age children to answer the same question: “What are you telling your children about the future when you consider how climate change might affect their generation?  The answers surprised us. There were no fatalistic warnings, no instructions about the need for panic or extreme action. Instead, these parent-scientists offered honest, compassionate words of encouragement—that despite the challenges, Earth is a beautiful place where people and nature is doing well . (Katie Weeman)