The reality of the climate crisis is dire and it can be overwhelming.

In the past month alone, weve seen the hottest July ever recorded on the planet (again), the largest ever single wildfire in California history (again, just a year after the last one), and deadly floods devastating the Southern U.S. (again).

The United Nations recent climate report repeated what similar reports have been saying for years , with even greater certainty: Humans are the unequivocal cause of climate change, and the window to avoid catastrophic living conditions worldwide due to global warming is rapidly closing.

There have long been concerns in the climate science community about possible public fatigue at being bombarded with dire news of the worsening climate, and having this lead to widespread dread or overwhelm , which can create an emotional barrier to actually taking action .

But various climate scientists, speaking to HuffPost, rejected the idea that people are tired of too much bad climate news. If anything, they see progress in the ever-growing share of Americans who recognize climate change as a serious issue: A majority of the country, or 6 in 10 people as of a 2020 Pew Research survey, say global climate change is a major threat to the country, up from 44% in 2009. We need more coverage of the climate crisis, scientists said, not less.

Still, the experts recognized that for those paying close attention to the crisis, particularly people living in communities directly affected by fires, storms and floods, it can be exhausting.

I get the fatigue and the climate grief, said Astrid Caldas, a senior climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists. What kind of world are we leaving for the next generation?

For climate scientists themselves, who have been sounding the alarm on this for decades, much of their own fatigue comes from what they see as a lack of sufficient action from political and corporate leaders, who have the power to implement the large-scale solutions needed to avert the worst.

I am report fatigued. We need action, Marshall Shepherd, director of the University of Georgias atmospheric sciences program, wrote at Forbes this month. He called for more planning from local and federal governments for a transition to a renewable energy economy, and urged leaders to address the disproportionate burden of climate disasters on vulnerable, poor, and marginalized populations.

The experts HuffPost spoke to all had the same antidote to climate dread: Take action. The climate crisis is urgent, the changes needed are at a massive scale, but it doesnt mean individuals cant make a difference.

We are now in an all-hands-on-deck moment, said Anthony Leiserowitz, director of Yale Universitys program on climate change communication . We need everybody doing everything they can, at the individual level, community level, national government and business level. This is all of society.