How well do we cover climate change?

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Suzanne Jacobs discusses a study by a team of U.S. and British researchers who examined news coverage of the latest series of IPCC reports and concluded that journalists in both countries lost interest as the reports dribbled out in three parts: "Ultimately, this kind of assessment could help both scientists and journalists better communicate these kinds of big reports. It’s clear, for example, that the three-tiered release can result in waning interest over time."

April 9, 2015

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