Skeptical Science New Research for Week #20 2023
Open access notables Visiting online haunts of climate science rejectionists reveals a nexus of anxieties in some sections of the public: climate change and population migration. Judging from connections formed in headlines and article texts, one could easily conclude that readers' fears are being exploited; it's not hard to find content implying that the concept of climate change is a subterfuge to justify opening borders to 'foreigners.' Given what we know of developing physical effects of climate change, it may seem intuitively obvious that growing pressures on populations can lead aff...