It's great to see climate change in the news as if it is settled science (it is), but it is possible that we have moved beyond climate change denial to another place of willful ignorance: blaming environmentally destructive events such as floods exclusively on climate change. Sensationalist headlines imply that storms and floods are caused by climate change, while more thoughtful articles remind us that they are only exacerbated by climate change. Few explain that disasters like the bad flooding we've seen in the Midwest and Appalachia in the last few years have also been worsened by human activities more observable than increasing atmospheric greenhouse gases.
Post Climate Change Denial
Post Climate Change Denial
Post Climate Change Denial
It's great to see climate change in the news as if it is settled science (it is), but it is possible that we have moved beyond climate change denial to another place of willful ignorance: blaming environmentally destructive events such as floods exclusively on climate change. Sensationalist headlines imply that storms and floods are caused by climate change, while more thoughtful articles remind us that they are only exacerbated by climate change. Few explain that disasters like the bad flooding we've seen in the Midwest and Appalachia in the last few years have also been worsened by human activities more observable than increasing atmospheric greenhouse gases.