Spotlight on green news & views: +7°C by 2084? 400-year-old trees axed by Trump policy
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This is the 558th edition of the Spotlight on Green News & Views (previously known as the Green Diary Rescue). Here is the May 23 Spotlight. Inclusion of a story in the Spotlight does not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of it. OUTSpotlight on green news & views: +7°C by 2084? 400-year-old trees axed by Trump policy
This is the 558th edition of the Spotlight on Green News & Views (previously known as the Green Diary Rescue). Here is the May 23 Spotlight. Inclusion of a story in the Spotlight does not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of it. OUTSTANDING GREEN STORIES ClimateDenierRoundup writes—Indulge Them on Conspiracy Theories, And Deniers Might Just Warm to the Consensus: “A new study in the AMS journal Weather, Climate and Society suggests that there’s an interesting way to soften denier rejection of the consensus on climate change: validate their conspiracy theories. The approach outlined in the study is pretty simple. The researchers asked nearly 500 people to what extent they agreed with the sentiment that climate change is a hoax or conspiracy, along with a few other simple questions, like their political orientation. Then they gave respondents information about the consensus on climate change. But before the consensus message was delivered, the test subjects were also told that ‘a majority of people acknowledge that on many topics, powerful people work to mislead citizens for bad purposes. Yet human induced climate change is not one of those topics.’ Finally, people were asked to what extent they think climate change is caused by humans, as opposed to being a natural phenomenon. Researchers also asked if respondents would be interested in hearing more information about human-induced climate change. The hoax believers shown the statement that conspiracies exist then became more accepting of human causation than those conspiracy theorists who weren’t shown the reaffirming statement.” 6412093 writes—The Daily Bucket--House on Poop Corners: “Oregon’s May sun warmed the Frog Mitigation Area in my backyard. I walked along the shallow creek between the two ponds, admiring the hundreds of tadpoles frolicking in the warm waters. ‘Ahem, I’ve got a message for you,’ I called out. ‘Just a reminder that you are pooping ammonia, not urea like most creatures, so please keep moving, and kinda splash a little with your tails. I’m running a pump to oxygenate waters, too, so that will help. But everyone needs to pitch in these warm days. ‘Tell us a story, Redwoodman!’ they pleaded. I pretended to ponder their request. ‘Please, please!’ ‘Oh, ok. But just one. Who wants to hear a Frog Court story?’ ‘Yay, Frog Court!’ ” Read more