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Catch-22: Scientific communication failures linked to faster-rising seas (thehill.com)
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Scientists failed for decades to communicate the coming risks of rapid sea-level rise to policymakers and the public, a new study has found. That has created a climate catch-22 in which scientists …

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[–] RyanHeffronPhoto@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Seems like a ridiculous article. To attempt to put the blame for lack of action on climate change on science communicators for not expressing enough certainty is absurd. Policymakers have known damn well for decades the potential implications.. they are not ignoring climate action due to the uncertainty, but for all kinds of other political reasons.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My thoughts exactly. Seems like the authors don't want to confront the idea that policymakers simply don't give a fuck about the climate, so the explanation has to be that scientists failed to communicate.

[–] Flaky_Fish69@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I mean, it's The Hill. They might "lean left" in their bias, but they're basically a mouthpiece for congress. of course they're not going to say "we voted against climate protections and resilience because we're receiving massive donations from people that would be hurt by those changes." (or, in the case of Manchin, is in fact a part owner of an oil company.... one that just got it's pipeline project rammed through despite pushback...)

[–] a_statistician@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@RyanHeffronPhoto Yeah, it seems like scientists could literally be setting themselves on fire trying to get peoples' attention and policymakers would not act. This isn't a scicomm issue, this is a political problem - politicians don't want to solve problems that will cause short-term pain for long-term (generational) gain. There's no motivation to solve problems that won't resolve before the next election cycle.