Do journalists minimize climate change?

The disruptions associated with global warming have become the "new normal" in many news stories, but Dawn Stover sees a problem with that formulation: "There’s a dangerous psychology at work here. The 'new normal' meme, put forward by climate scientists as well as headline writers, is intended to make people realize how weird the world’s weather has become, and to encourage them to plan for an altered climate. But what if the phrase is having just the opposite effect?"

September 2, 2014

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