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Re:Climate change and nutrient pollution are depleting oxyge... by Phylter on Sunday December 08, 2019 @10:02AM (#21736178)
Honestly, sensational headlines like this are why so many people have a difficult time buying into climate change. If the media would present it as it actually is then I think more people would get on board.
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Re:Climate change and nutrient pollution are depleting oxyge... by chiefalchemist on Sunday December 08, 2019 @01:33PM (#21737323)
Put another way, headlines that get clicks are prioritized over headlines that do not. Facts aren't important. Eyeballs are.
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Re:Climate change and nutrient pollution are depleting oxyge... by the_narrator on Sunday December 08, 2019 @11:21AM (#21736628)
That is the problem. Without actual proof of something, sensational headlines are mandatory.
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Re:Climate change and nutrient pollution are depleting oxyge... by dwaltrip on Sunday December 08, 2019 @05:03PM (#21738684)
https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/syr/

Baseless, uninformed skepticism is bad.

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Re:Climate change and nutrient pollution are depleting oxyge... by imtringued on Sunday December 08, 2019 @05:19PM (#21738795)
No the problem is that the evidence is boring and people have a hard time understanding how abstract numbers will affect their daily lives.
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Re:Climate change and nutrient pollution are depleting oxyge... by the_narrator on Sunday December 08, 2019 @05:27PM (#21738861)
I agree, this is true. In this particular case though, there has been sensationalism for decades now - it tends to have the opposite of the intended effect.
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Re:Climate change and nutrient pollution are depleting oxyge... by adamsea on Sunday December 08, 2019 @12:32PM (#21736994)
Oh my god dude go home
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Re:Climate change and nutrient pollution are depleting oxyge... by bayarrhea on Sunday December 08, 2019 @11:21AM (#21736626)
No, it’s because those people have a deep mistrust of science and expertise, and using as much oil as possible is tied into some weird, macho, and at times oddly Christian identity, and suggesting that that’s harmful is threatening to them.
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Re:Climate change and nutrient pollution are depleting oxyge... by acidburnNSA on Sunday December 08, 2019 @11:41AM (#21736728)
Anti-scientific thinking transcends political and gender identities in the USA. It can be traced at least as far back as Esalen institute stuff, and likely much farther.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/how-ame...

It's partially our governments fault for doing things like when the Atomic Energy Commission got caught being fraudulent about what killed 5000 sheep after the 1953 Upshot-Knothole nuclear weapons test series. When the top scientific institutions lose credibility, where we are today seems at least a little inevitable.

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/09/magazine/downwind-from-th...

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