'As world leaders meet this week and next at a historic climate change summit in Paris, a new study by Michigan State University environmental scientists suggests opponents of climate change appear to be winning the war of words.

The research, funded by the National Science Foundation, finds that climate-change advocates are largely failing to influence public opinion. Climate-change foes, on the other hand, are successfully changing people’s minds – Republicans and Democrats alike – with messages denying the existence of global warming.'

'Surprisingly, none of the four major positive messages changed participants’ core beliefs about climate change. Further, when the negative messages were presented, people were more apt to doubt the existence of climate change – and this was true of both conservatives and liberals.

“That’s the power of the denial message,” said McCright, associate professor in MSU’s Lyman Briggs College and Department of Sociology. [url]“It’s extremely difficult to change the minds of people who oppose climate change, in part because they are so entrenched in their views[/url].” '

http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2015/climate-change-foes-winning-public-opinion-war...

All of the authors are Sociologists, NOT environmental scientists.

Positive messages can change believers minds about climate change but not vice versa.

Sociologists of the world unite. We need gravy.

Jovial Monk wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2015 at 1:50pm:


Nope, (natural) climate change is happening, as it always has, and we 'might' possibly be adding to it, slightly.

Jovial Monk wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2015 at 2:29pm:



Prove it beyond doubt first...

Jovial Monk wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2015 at 3:01pm:


And that is pure supposition.....unproven theory.

As for 2015 being the "hottest year on record"..so what, the 'record' only goes back 130 years or so.


All of which means, you can't actual find any solid proof to back up your personal belief that "AGW exists and we are causing it"??

gizmo_2655 wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2015 at 2:36pm:

To who?



- gizmo knows bugger all about everything 

Jovial Monk wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2015 at 3:01pm:



And the earth isn't a greenhouse. There is no convection in a greenhouse.

Jovial Monk wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2015 at 4:45pm:


You mean the Greens???

CO2 (etc) is a greenhouse gas. while we keep emitting CO2 etc into the atmosphere we are increasing the greenhouse effect.

Those who are scared of change say “No no, cannot be, I cannot change my way of life, I will just pretend it isn’t happening” but that is no way for an adult to be.

Are you an adult lee or a scared little pumpkin?