Why do you think global climate change has become such a misunderstood concept in the U.S., and so politically charged (as compared to other countries)?
I believe climate change is so misunderstood because of how the message and facts are spread in our country. You will hear from two different sides that either global warming is something we need to be extremely concerned about or that it is a myth and quite frankly doesn’t exist. We have the media to blame for this. The media, like for most stories, will skew it in order for them to sell stories. Because od this we as Americans really don’t know what to believe. And on top of that we have scientists who are fabricating scientific evidence for money. Corruption and lies make it impossible to know what the truth is. As far as politics goes, it is basically the same reason. Politicians in different parties will say what they feel their supporters feel in order to gain and maintain votes. Poltiticans will involve themselves in any area of life if it means more support.
Explain parallels between the global climate change "debate" and at least 1 other complicated science concept/issue in the past, and how scientists have been perceived to "change their minds" on an issue …show more content…
From the time I was born till about middle school everyone was taught the planets including pluto. But over time scientists discovered that pluto doesn’t clear its neighborhood in orbit it will no longer be considered a planet. This is a little different from global warming because scientists from both sides are still going back and forth while pluto being a planet was eventually decided by all parties because it was decided by scientific fact it wasn’t. However global warming has many signs of occuring but many argue that it doesn’t have full scientific
I believe climate change is so misunderstood because of how the message and facts are spread in our country. You will hear from two different sides that either global warming is something we need to be extremely concerned about or that it is a myth and quite frankly doesn’t exist. We have the media to blame for this. The media, like for most stories, will skew it in order for them to sell stories. Because od this we as Americans really don’t know what to believe. And on top of that we have scientists who are fabricating scientific evidence for money. Corruption and lies make it impossible to know what the truth is. As far as politics goes, it is basically the same reason. Politicians in different parties will say what they feel their supporters feel in order to gain and maintain votes. Poltiticans will involve themselves in any area of life if it means more support.
Explain parallels between the global climate change "debate" and at least 1 other complicated science concept/issue in the past, and how scientists have been perceived to "change their minds" on an issue …show more content…
From the time I was born till about middle school everyone was taught the planets including pluto. But over time scientists discovered that pluto doesn’t clear its neighborhood in orbit it will no longer be considered a planet. This is a little different from global warming because scientists from both sides are still going back and forth while pluto being a planet was eventually decided by all parties because it was decided by scientific fact it wasn’t. However global warming has many signs of occuring but many argue that it doesn’t have full scientific