Why Are Americans So Ill-Informed about Climate Change?
Scientists and journalists debate why Americans still resist the consensus among research organizations that humans are warming the globe
By Robin Lloyd
Scientific American
February 23, 2011
As glaciers melt and island populations retreat from their coastlines to escape rising seas, many scientists remain baffled as to why the global research consensus on human-induced climate change remains contentious in the U.S.
The frustration revealed itself during a handful of sessions at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C., this past weekend, coming to a peak during a Friday session, "Science without Borders and Media Unbounded."
Near the forum’s conclusion, Massachusetts Institute of Technology climate scientist Kerry Emanuel asked a panel of journalists why the media continues to cover anthropogenic climate change as a controversy or debate, when in fact it is a consensus among such organizations as the American Geophysical Union, American Institute of Physics, American Chemical Society, American Meteorological Association and the National Research Council, along with the national academies of more than two dozen countries.
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By Robin Lloyd
Scientific American
February 23, 2011
As glaciers melt and island populations retreat from their coastlines to escape rising seas, many scientists remain baffled as to why the global research consensus on human-induced climate change remains contentious in the U.S.
The frustration revealed itself during a handful of sessions at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C., this past weekend, coming to a peak during a Friday session, "Science without Borders and Media Unbounded."
Near the forum’s conclusion, Massachusetts Institute of Technology climate scientist Kerry Emanuel asked a panel of journalists why the media continues to cover anthropogenic climate change as a controversy or debate, when in fact it is a consensus among such organizations as the American Geophysical Union, American Institute of Physics, American Chemical Society, American Meteorological Association and the National Research Council, along with the national academies of more than two dozen countries.
(More here.)
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1 Comments:
The answer to the question is that Americans are more worried about their next meal in 2011 than they are about the climate in 2050. Perhaps we Americans are just too stupid to believe government can pass a law the can allow us to control the climate.
And would someone please clarify once and for all what the hell we are talking about?
Is it Global Warming or Climate Change? The paradigm from our self-annointed experts with the skills, tools and education to lead the rest of us sheep shifts so often you keep confusing us stupid Americans as to what the crisis is...
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