Robert SanscartierJul 25, 2023

Having the critical thinking skills necessary to discern good information from false, and being able to process data to understand how individual behavior can contribute to—or mitigate—climate change are two abilities necessary for calculation.

At the same time, engaging our emotions helps us determine what we do or do not like, what does and does not excite us, and what feels like the right thing to do for our neighbors and the planet

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-climate-2.html

#pollution #environment #climate

When it comes to climate change, what motivates us to act?

Comprehending the scope of climate change can feel like trying to connect an ever-expanding set of dots. Disparate indicators, such as rising global temperatures, retreating glaciers and increasingly severe weather events, are frequent reminders that life on Earth is shifting.

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Show threadDoug Bostrom

@Snoro

This is becoming a problem when scoping articles for the weekly #SkepticalScience climate research listing. "It's everywhere," often implicit.

Our climate footprints end up looking as comprehensively and hugely entangled as the impressions left on the sand of a broad beach at low tide after 6 hours of busy beach fun.

And our tracks lead from quant to qual and then to values including fairness, increasingly visible in the ever-growing buckets called adaptation and mitigation.

Jul 25, 2023 at 6:07pmWeb