Dear colleagues,
Please consider submitting an abstract to the session titled "ED28:
Experimental Studies on Communicating Climate Change Science" that
will be held at the American Geophysical Union Meeting on December
13-17 in San Francisco. Below you will find the session description,
and more information about the meeting can be found at http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm10/
. The deadline for abstract submission is September 2. (Note that you
do not need to be a member of AGU to submit an abstract, though non-
members will need to be "sponsored" by a member. If you will need
sponsorship, please contact Bridget Thrasher at [email protected]
.)
Our goal for this session will be best accomplished with a large and
diverse set of authors, so if you know of any persons or groups who
would be valuable additions to this session, we would greatly
appreciate if you would forward this announcement.
Thank you for your attention, and we look forward to seeing your
abstracts!
Sincerely,
Andrew Freedman, Nicole Heller, and Bridget Thrasher
Climate Central, Inc.
Session description:
A slew of polls show the percentage of Americans who believe human
activities are responsible for recent climate change has declined
markedly in the past few years. While some more recent polls
demonstrate that this decline has not been as sharp as previously
thought, they also show the public remains confused about the
prevailing scientific view concerning the main causes of climate
change. This session is intended to share insight into how to
effectively communicate climate science to a non-scientific audience
and seeks participants who are conducting experimental studies on
climate science communication, including the effectiveness of various
methods, messages, spokespeople, and media.
