d********f
发帖数: 43471 | 1 (CNN) -- There is no debate.
Climate change is real. And, yes, we are, in part, to blame.
There is a 97% consensus among scientific experts that humans are causing
global warming. Ninety-seven percent!
Yet some very vocal Americans continue to debate what is surely fact.
The question is, why?
Trust certainly plays a part.
According to Gordon Gauchat, an associate professor of sociology from the
University of Wisconsin, just 42% of adults in the U.S. have a great deal of
confidence (PDF) in the scientific community.
It's easy to understand why. Most Americans can't even name a living
scientist. I suspect the closest many Americans get to a living, breathing
scientist is the fictional Dr. Sheldon Cooper from CBS's sitcom "The Big
Bang Theory." Sheldon is brilliant, condescending and narcissistic. Whose
trust would he inspire?
Cruz: Data doesn't back global warming Expert: Sea levels make flooding
worse Gingrich: Secretary Kerry is delusional Nye to Ham: God's not in
climate change
But trust isn't the only factor in why many Americans doubt climate change.
I asked Anthony Leiserowitz, the director of the Yale Project on Climate
Change Communication. His group has been studying the "why" question for
more than a decade.
"We've found there are six very (specific) categories that respond to this
issue in different ways," he said.
He calls these categories "Global Warming's Six Americas."
Opinion: Obama's efforts on climate may not be enough
The first group, "The Alarmed," is made up 16% of the public. They believe
climate change is an urgent problem but have no clear idea of how to fix it.
The second group (27%) is "The Concerned." They believe climate change is a
problem but think it's more about polar bears and tiny islands than a
problem that directly affects them.
The third group, "The Cautious" (23%), are people on the fence. They haven't
made up their minds whether global warming is real or if it's a man-made
problem.
The fourth group, "The Disengaged" (5%), doesn't know anything about climate
change.
The fifth group, "The Doubtful" (12%), do not think climate change is man-
made. They think it's natural and poses no long-term risk.
Leiserowitz says it's the sixth group, "The Dismissives," that is the most
problematic, even though it comprises just 15% of the public.
"They say it's a hoax, scientists are making up data, it's a U.N. conspiracy
(or) Al Gore and his friends want to get rich." Leiserowitz goes on to say,
"It's a really loud 15%. ... (It's a) pretty well-organized 15%."
And thanks to the media and the political stage, that vocal minority is
mighty.
Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum told Glenn Beck on Fox News in
2011, "There is no such thing as global warming." Santorum went on to tell
Rush Limbaugh, "It's just an excuse for more government control of your life
, and I've never been for any scheme or even accepted the junk science
behind the whole narrative."
And just last week, tea party favorite Sen. Ted Cruz told CNN's Dana Bash, "
Climate change, as they have defined it, can never be disproved, because
whether it gets hotter or whether it gets colder, whatever happens, they'll
say, well, it's changing, so it proves our theory."
Meanwhile, the climate change "counter movement" has been helped along by an
infusion of cash from, among others, some in the powerful fossil fuel
industry.
A recent study by Drexel University found that conservative foundations and
others have bankrolled climate denial to the tune of $558 million between
2003 and 2010.
"Money amplifies certain voices above others and, in effect, gives them a
megaphone in the public square. Powerful funders are supporting the campaign
to deny scientific findings about global warming and raise public doubts
about the roots and remedies of this massive global threat," writes
environmental scientist Robert J. Brulle, the study's author.
The good news is, those uninformed minority voices are being quieted by
nature and by those who have powerful voices.
Extreme weather is forcing people to at least think about how global warming
affects them directly. And, perhaps more important, many religious leaders,
including evangelicals, are now "green." They concur with the scientific
community and take it a step farther. They say we have a moral obligation to
save the planet.
Even the enormously popular Pope Francis may soon speak out on global
warming. The Vatican press office says Francis is working on draft text on
ecology. That text could turn into an encyclical, or a letter to bishops
around the world, instructing that the "faithful must respect the
environment." | H******7
发帖数: 34403 | 2 你们文科生就老老实实地搞你们的文科。环境学地球学我们都吃了几十年的饭了 | G**Y
发帖数: 33224 | 3 这个百分比也意义不大呀
很多时候真理确实在少数人手里
这个问题更严重。两边的人说不定各自心怀鬼胎，对真理不感兴趣呀
我自己的看法，我们现在的很多科学理论，无论在时间/还是空间上，根本没法推高到
真个地球+太阳系这个scale上
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【在 d********f 的大作中提到】
: (CNN) -- There is no debate.
: Climate change is real. And, yes, we are, in part, to blame.
: There is a 97% consensus among scientific experts that humans are causing
: global warming. Ninety-seven percent!
: Yet some very vocal Americans continue to debate what is surely fact.
: The question is, why?
: Trust certainly plays a part.
: According to Gordon Gauchat, an associate professor of sociology from the
: University of Wisconsin, just 42% of adults in the U.S. have a great deal of
: confidence (PDF) in the scientific community.
| h***i
发帖数: 89031 | 4 就是骗你玩得
你知道冰盛期纽约的冰有多厚么，一英里
你知道冰盛期什么时候开始么？随时！
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【在 d********f 的大作中提到】
: (CNN) -- There is no debate.
: Climate change is real. And, yes, we are, in part, to blame.
: There is a 97% consensus among scientific experts that humans are causing
: global warming. Ninety-seven percent!
: Yet some very vocal Americans continue to debate what is surely fact.
: The question is, why?
: Trust certainly plays a part.
: According to Gordon Gauchat, an associate professor of sociology from the
: University of Wisconsin, just 42% of adults in the U.S. have a great deal of
: confidence (PDF) in the scientific community.
| h***i
发帖数: 89031 | 5 扯
米兰克维奇早就证明了，冰盛期随时可以开始
高其后的扯了多少年了没有人听，只好鼓吹变暖来偏饭定
【在 G**Y 的大作中提到】
: 这个百分比也意义不大呀
: 很多时候真理确实在少数人手里
: 这个问题更严重。两边的人说不定各自心怀鬼胎，对真理不感兴趣呀
: 我自己的看法，我们现在的很多科学理论，无论在时间/还是空间上，根本没法推高到
: 真个地球+太阳系这个scale上
:
: of
| s*****i
发帖数: 3762 | 6 科学这种东西也开始玩民主投票了？
科学家的日子真好混 | d********f
发帖数: 43471 | 7 必须的，你要是研究出黑人iq全球最高，要几b就有几b
【在 s*****i 的大作中提到】
: 科学这种东西也开始玩民主投票了？
: 科学家的日子真好混
| d****z
发帖数: 9503 | | l*****o
发帖数: 19235 | 9 嫉妒也没用。
记得一个研究蝴蝶的，一生就一个大课题，证明了加拿大的一种蝴蝶最终都飞到墨西哥
了。 | d********f
发帖数: 43471 | 10 我其实觉得高生物的应该都转到你们这个行当，曲线都看不懂也能做院士
【在 H******7 的大作中提到】
: 你们文科生就老老实实地搞你们的文科。环境学地球学我们都吃了几十年的饭了
| | | o******1
发帖数: 12177 | 11 现在还关心气候干甚？现在最大的威胁是老墨
of
【在 d********f 的大作中提到】
: (CNN) -- There is no debate.
: Climate change is real. And, yes, we are, in part, to blame.
: There is a 97% consensus among scientific experts that humans are causing
: global warming. Ninety-seven percent!
: Yet some very vocal Americans continue to debate what is surely fact.
: The question is, why?
: Trust certainly plays a part.
: According to Gordon Gauchat, an associate professor of sociology from the
: University of Wisconsin, just 42% of adults in the U.S. have a great deal of
: confidence (PDF) in the scientific community.
| d****z
发帖数: 9503 | 12 global warming就是导致老莫往北跑的原因呀。
【在 o******1 的大作中提到】
: 现在还关心气候干甚？现在最大的威胁是老墨
:
: of
| H********g
发帖数: 43926 | 13 原来如此
【在 d****z 的大作中提到】
: global warming就是导致老莫往北跑的原因呀。
| M******n
发帖数: 43051 | 14 Monarch Butterfly？这个的确很壮观
【在 l*****o 的大作中提到】
: 嫉妒也没用。
: 记得一个研究蝴蝶的，一生就一个大课题，证明了加拿大的一种蝴蝶最终都飞到墨西哥
: 了。
| G**Y
发帖数: 33224 | 15 这个确实是科学，你可以证伪的
global warming，你我这辈子也看不到到底是真是假。。。
【在 l*****o 的大作中提到】
: 嫉妒也没用。
: 记得一个研究蝴蝶的，一生就一个大课题，证明了加拿大的一种蝴蝶最终都飞到墨西哥
: 了。
| G**Y
发帖数: 33224 | 16 你说的这个也不完全对。
人家现在想证明的是工业革命以来这100年的气候变化，是不是认为的。（应该还是有
一些证据的）
我的主要问题是100年谈个P的气候。对于地球的几亿年算个吊呀。你怎么知道地球这么
大个的家伙怎么反应。
【在 h***i 的大作中提到】
: 扯
: 米兰克维奇早就证明了，冰盛期随时可以开始
: 高其后的扯了多少年了没有人听，只好鼓吹变暖来偏饭定
| r*******3
发帖数: 10886 | 17 老莫吃豆子多，放屁多，然后温室气体就让北边升温了
【在 H********g 的大作中提到】
: 原来如此
| M********g
发帖数: 717 | 18 还有3%的都拿了石油公司的经费了。
我对这个版崇敬的地方就是，美国人左派右派的文章枪手，都是拿经费的。班上的都是
免费啊。
【在 d****z 的大作中提到】
: 这个97%怎么测量的？
| h****o
发帖数: 2836 | 19 这个想法很有意思。
【在 d****z 的大作中提到】
: global warming就是导致老莫往北跑的原因呀。
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