Scientists Decide that Scientists are Getting Better at Communicating Scary Climate Stories
9 hours ago Charles Rotter 18 Comments
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Excerpts from EurekAlert!
Assessment of how climate scientists communicate risk shows imperfections, improvements
The hardest part, experts find, is communicating “unquantifiable” uncertainty
Peer-Reviewed Publication
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
Scientists have long struggled to find the best way to present crucial facts about future sea level rise, but are getting better at communicating more clearly, according to an international group of climate scientists, including a leading Rutgers expert.
The consequences of improving communications are enormous, the scientists said, as civic leaders actively incorporate climate scientists’ risk assessments into major planning efforts to counter some of the effects of rising seas.
Writing in Nature Climate Change, the scientists review the language and graphics used in climate “assessment” reports between 1990 and 2021 by members of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
[We can imagine lots of hypothetical scary stuff-cr]
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/06/19/scientists-decide-that-scientists-are-getting-better-at-communicating-scary-stories/
