Abstract: It is difficult for the public to grasp the significance of global warming because the mildness of its early symptoms belies the gravity of its long‐term consequences. Mindful of the human tendency to discount the importance of events seen as occurring far in the future, many scientists and science writers have come to regard newsworthy weather‐ and climate‐related extreme events as “teachable moments” that serve to illustrate the importance and immediacy of the impacts of human‐induced climate change. The problem with this approach...
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Topics: 
Environmental ethics
Climatology
Environmental resource management