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- JPL’s Josh Willis Looks Ahead to Continuing Sea Level Rise
- Sea Level Rise, One More Frontier For Climate Dialogue Controversy
- WSJ ‘No Need to Panic’ Op-ed Prompts Heated Exchanges, Leading to Long-Awaited ‘Last Word’ (Not really of course)
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- Making Climate Media Creative — in the Extreme
- Global Warming Concerns Melting Away
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Author Archives: Bruce Lieberman
Real People, Real Faces, Real Day-In/Day-Out Issues
Farmers’ Voices Too Often Missing In Climate Reporting, Journalists Advised
Scientist and agriculture writer Gary Paul Nabhan urges journalists to give farmers bigger voice in climate change reporting.
Scientists' Quick Actions Avert P.R. Problems
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 [...]
Scientists' Quick Actions Avert P.R. Problems
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.
A Key: Avoiding Journalistic Compromises?
NSF and NBCLearn Blaze New Path On Collaborative Science Journalism
A new funding partnership between NSF and an NBC affiliate promises more informed coverage of climate science. But questions arise about implications for journalistic independence and integrity.
Academy Addresses Congress’s Questions;
But Question: How Many on Capitol Hill Listening?
The Congress that this year received advice from the National Academy of Sciences on climate change is a very different one from the Congress that three years ago authorized nearly $6 million for the study. Whether anyone on Capitol Hill [...]
House Hearings on EPA Greenhouse Rules
Teaching … and Re-Teaching … Climate Science 101
House hearings on EPA rulemaking offers opportunities — and challenges and frustrations — of re-teaching and re-learning fundamentals of climate science … and of the proverbial ‘consensus.’
Academy Draws Scientists, Artists
to Hollywood for ‘Summit’ on Science Education
LOS ANGELES, CA — “After a winter like this, how can you believe in global warming?” … “Climate change? Earth’s climate has always changed. Temperatures go up, temperatures go down.” … “Doesn’t the sun have something to do with it [...]
