Over the years, she has done many interviews and publications on the effects of sea level rise on communities of color.[1][7] Hammer is directly involved in outreach to the general public; she regrets not taking more psychology courses in college because her work entails explaining the complexities of climate change to ordinary people.[12] Her work has been discussed in outlets including The New York Times,[7] The Washington Post,[4] The New Yorker,[12] NBC,[5] National Geographic,[13] and NPR.[14] In 2015, Hammer presented then-Governor Rick Scott a report on climate change's effects in Florida yet she was allegedly instructed by his administration to remove all mention of climate change (which he denies).[12][15] In 2016, Hammer attended the Climate March and spoke to several news networks on how important research funding from the government is for tracking the changes of the earth from climate change.[16][10] She was also on a panel for Amy Poehler's Smart Girls where she talked about the disproportionate impacts of climate change on communities of color.[17] In general, she communicates on how important it is for the government to become involved in combating climate change for future generations.[16]