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Geneva (AFP) April 23, 2023 - Media coverage of climate research is largely carried out in a way likely to provoke inaction instead of the pro-environmental behaviours needed to address the problem, a Swiss study shows.
The arctic ice is set to melt and disappear, polar bears will lose their habitat and sea levels will rise... All of these, while maybe true, may not be the...
Swiss study: Media coverage of climate change research is more likely to provoke "denial and avoidance" in readers. It focuses mainly on long-term projections and a narrow range of threats such as melting glaciers or the disappearance of polar bears. Large-scale threats are known to stir up fear, and when faced with descriptive articles, the public will tend to ignore the problem, according to the researchers. "If the goal of a given research is to have a societal impact, then it seems that we are pressing all the buttons that do not work," said Marie-Elodie Perga.
ROKA KOANG, Cambodia — Some 45 kilometers, or 28 miles, up the Mekong River from Phnom Penh, Voi Thy sat and watched as 12 boats pumped sand from the riverbed. Another 11 boats, weighed low by their quarry of freshly mined sand, were making the glacial journey past her home in Roka Koang commune, Kandal […]