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By James Painter

Scientists and politicians are more and more utilizing the language of hazard to explain the weather swap problem. a few researchers have argued that stressing the 'risks' posed through weather switch instead of the 'uncertainties' can create a extra necessary context for coverage makers and a far better reaction from the general public. besides the fact that, figuring out the options of chance and uncertainty – and the way to speak them – is a hotly debated factor. during this publication, James Painter analyses how the foreign media current those and different narratives surrounding weather swap. He makes a speciality of the insurance of news via the Intergovernmental Panel on weather switch (IPCC) and of the melting ice of the Arctic Sea, and comprises six international locations: Australia, France, India, Norway, the united kingdom and the USA.

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