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A pair of Illustrations from “My Climate Change,” Andy Revkin’s account of his 30-years-and-counting search for truths related to humanity’s intertwined climate and energy challenges.

Published simultaneously in:
Issues & Science Technology http://j.mp/revkin30yearsclimate @issues
Creative Nonfiction http://creativenonfiction.org
@CNFonline

Here's the relevant section of the story:
~~
I tried breaking the language down to clear up disputes over which climate science conclusions were established and which remained uncertain, creating a graphic in which the steepness of curves reflected the level of understanding.

In response, Russell Seitz, a playful physicist who’s long been a constructive critic of overheated climate conclusions of all kinds, sent me a variant that beautifully, if exasperatingly, reflected the limits of this kind of messaging.

As it turned out, he had science on his side. Empirical studies and a batch of surveys pointed to a set of biases, reflexes, and cognitive filters that almost guaranteed failure in trying to galvanize broad action on global warming given the long time scales, enduring uncertainties, geographic spread, and lack of quick fixes. ~~

More from @Revkin: http://nytimes.com/revkin

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Two Views of the Shapes of Climate Knowledge

1. Andy Revkin
2. Russell Seitz
3. A pair of Illustra7ons from “My Climate Change,” Andy Revkin’s account of his 30-years-and-coun7ng search for truths related to humanity’s intertwined climate and energy challenges. Published simultaneously in: Issues & Science Technology hLp://issues.org Crea7ve Nonﬁc7on hLp://crea7venonﬁc7on.org More from Revkin: hLp://ny7mes.com/revkin

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A pair of Illustrations from “My Climate Change,” Andy Revkin’s account of his 30-years-and-counting search for truths related to humanity’s intertwined climate and energy challenges. Published simultaneously in: Issues & Science Technology http://j.mp/revkin30yearsclimate @issues Creative Nonfiction http://creativenonfiction.org @CNFonline Here's the relevant section of the story: ~~ I tried breaking the language down to clear up disputes over which climate science conclusions were established and which remained uncertain, creating a graphic in which the steepness of curves reflected the level of understanding. In response, Russell Seitz, a playful physicist who’s long been a constructive critic of overheated climate conclusions of all kinds, sent me a variant that beautifully, if exasperatingly, reflected the limits of this kind of messaging. As it turned out, he had science on his side. Empirical studies and a batch of surveys pointed to a set of biases, reflexes, and cognitive filters that almost guaranteed failure in trying to galvanize broad action on global warming given the long time scales, enduring uncertainties, geographic spread, and lack of quick fixes. ~~ More from @Revkin: http://nytimes.com/revkin

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