“The aspects of global warming that matter most to people - how rapidly will the seas rise? Are hurricanes already getting stronger? How strong will they get as a result of warming? Those are still immersed in complexity. So in those realms that catch people's attention most, or that get used as symbols by environmental campaigners, those facets really do come with significant back-and-forthing.” PeopleStillsMatterUsedStrongResultsAttentionSeaAspectStrongerEnvironmentalSignificantSymbolsRealmsComplexityGlobal WarmingHurricanesFacetsStrong WillGetting Stronger Author:Andrew Revkin
“When I wrote a long story about the retreat of sea ice, I made clear it could go the other way for a while, and that doesn't mean we don't know that a warmer world will have less sea ice. It just means there's a lot of variability and people can pay too much attention to the big swings in one direction or the other.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayMeanLongMadeStoriesBigsPayAttentionClearToo MuchSeaIceSwingsRetreatOne DirectionLong StoryVariability Author:Andrew Revkin
“I can tell you many reasons why environmental stories don't get adequate attention in conventional media. Basically, environmental risks don't fit the norms of journalism. They're incremental. We hate incremental.” I CanReasonStoriesHateAttentionRiskMediaFitEnvironmentalJournalismReason WhyConventionalNormAdequate Author:Andrew Revkin
