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Climate scientists need to set the record straight: There is a scientific consensus that human-caused climate change is happening
Author
Maibach, Edward
Myers, Teresa
Leiserowitz, Anthony
Publisher
Earth's Future
Publication Year
2014
Body

Nearly all climate scientists are convinced that human-caused climate change is occurring, yet half of Americans do not know or do not believe that a scientific consensus has been reached. That such a large proportion of Americans do not understand that there is a near-unanimous scientific consensus about the basic facts of climate change matters, a lot. This essay briefly explains why, and what climate science societies and individual climate scientists can do to set the record straight.

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Journal Issue/Article
Journal Volume
2
Journal Number
5
Journal Pages
295-298
Journal Name
Earth's Future
Keywords
climate change
communication
United States