Seepage: Climate change denial and its effect on the scientific community
Abstract
Appeals to scientific uncertainty are often used to forestall action on climate change. We examine the seepage of this contrarian discourse into the scientific community. We highlight psychological reasons for scientists' susceptibility to seepage. We use the global warming "hiatus" as an example of the consequences of seepage. We offer ways in which the scientific community can detect and avoid such seepage.
- Publication:
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Global Environmental Change
- Pub Date:
- July 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.02.013
- Bibcode:
- 2015GEC....33....1L
- Keywords:
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- Climate change;
- Global warming "hiatus";
- Scientific norms;
- Scientific assessment;
- Climate change denial