Category Archives: News Notes

Richard Alley, Gavin Schmidt Recognized As Top Science Communicators

Two respected climate scientists highly active in communications with non-expert audiences win first-year climate science communications awards.

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Battling Headlines from Durban: Any Wonder Public Is Confused?

Wildly differing headlines from Durban in major global news outlets — not that any of them was necessarily “wrong” given the context of the story being reported — might help explain public confusion.

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Skeptical Science’s ‘Debunking Handbook’: Free PDF Download Goes Viral

A plain-spoken simple-language eight-page booklet has gone viral online as a free download on ways to debunk ‘myths’.

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Media/Science Cultural Differences

Media Faulted on Coral Reef Reporting; ‘Journalism of Proximity,’ Cultural Differences

Shortcomings in media coverage and under-reporting of potential worldwide ramifications are explored in a journal article outlining ways to improve public understanding of, and action on, risks facing coral reefs across the globe.

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Boykoff’s Who Speaks for the Climate? Making Sense of Media Reporting on Climate Change

A leading researcher on climate change and media coverage reports progress in U.S. media in reducing the ‘false balance’ reporting that for some years had equated views of climate science deniers as being on par with the vast majority of [...]

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NASA/GISS-RealClimate.org Scientist Gavin Schmidt Winner of AGU Communicator Award

The first-year American Geophysical Union climate communications prize goes to NASA/GISS and RealClimate scientist Gavin Schmidt.

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World Resources Institute, Transparency Int’l To Focus on Climate Policy Corruption in U.S.

Two large nonprofit interests are teaming up to put the spotlight on climate policy transparency, accountability, and lobbying efforts in the U.S.

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