After physicist Richard Muller released a study confirming that Earth is warming, how did climate ‘skeptics’ respond? Reactions as they unfolded on social media and blogs suggest we’re still a long way from cooling the rhetoric on warming.
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Fighting the Wrong Adversary on Global Warming
Are climate skeptics paid undue attention and given too much credit for their efforts? Or are they merely convenient scapegoats?
Posted inClimate Science, Feature Article, Policy & Politics
Crowdsourcing the Climate: Evolving Media, Policy, and Science Practice
Imagine one-seventh of the world’s population — a billion people — contributing to identifying solutions to global climate change, doing something their political leaders may not be able to do on their own. Does ‘crowdsourcing’ … show the way?
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Another Global Climate Meeting … Another Dump of E-Mails
A second strategically-timed unauthorized release of climate scientists’ e-mails dating from 2009 apparently seeks to disrupt international climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa. But the newly released materials, while not always flattering to authors or participants, shed little light on the underlying science.
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Is Democracy Failing the Planet? Or Are We Failing To Be Democratic?
The issue of the suitability — or unsuitability — of democratic systems for tackling issues such as global climate change is not a new one. But does the remedy lie in scrapping democracy, in strengthening democratic practices, or in removing obstacles to democracy?
Posted inClimate Science, Feature Article
Part II: Anatomy of a Times Atlas Screw-Up: Lessons for Scientists, Media
A week after first releasing the 13th edition of its Times Atlas, the publisher steps up to apologize for its ‘incorrect claim’ concerning Greenland ice melt. Observers question whether that goes far enough and whether the flawed atlas and its information are still ‘out there.’ Part I of this series was posted here.
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Part II: Anatomy of a Times Atlas Screw-Up: Lessons for Scientists, Media
A week after first releasing the 13th edition of its Times Atlas, the publisher steps up to apologize for its ‘incorrect claim’ concerning Greenland ice melt. Observers question whether that goes far enough and whether the flawed atlas and its information are still ‘out there.’ Part I of this series was posted here.
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Part I: Anatomy of a Times Atlas Screw-Up: Lessons for Scientists, Media
Quick actions by key scientists reacting to a Times Atlas Greenland blunder reflect sensitivities and lessons-learned from earlier climate science data snafus. First of a special two-part day-by-day review of a public relations calamity avoided.
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Can Journalists Better Capture the Nuances of Climate Science?
Deadline reporting on new climate research is fraught with institutional challenges.
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In Fool Me Twice, Shawn Lawrence Otto Delivers Valuable Back Stories
The individual behind the 2008 presidential campaign ‘Science Debate’ initiative tells where we are with research science in the current political atmosphere. But more importantly, he also tells how we’ve gotten to where we are, and where we may be going from here.
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In Fool Me Twice, Shawn Lawrence Otto Delivers Valuable Back Stories
The individual behind the 2008 presidential campaign ‘Science Debate’ initiative tells where we are with research science in the current political atmosphere. But more importantly, he also tells how we’ve gotten to where we are, and where we may be going from here.
Posted inFeature Article, Policy & Politics
Communications Challenges Coming From Durban
A key climate action advocate points to four key communications points she thinks critical coming out of the upcoming Durban UN Framework Convention meeting.