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2. 1890

3. 1890
1932

4. 1956

13. “Revkin, this ain’t no seed catalog.”

14. Tyranny of the Peg Tyrannies of Space/Time Tyranny of Balance
The Tyrannies of News
Tyranny of the Peg
Tyrannies of Space/Time
Tyranny of Balance

15. Pop Quiz: Which is News? Exxon Valdez Nonpoint Source Pollution
Tsunami
Sea-level rise

16. ‘Slow Drips’ 1.5 Exxon Valdez’s / year 1.6 million early deaths/ year
Media tend either to ignore complex, incremental risks…
‘Slow Drips’
Nonpoint Source Pollution =
1.5 Exxon Valdez’s / year
Indoor Air Pollution =
1.6 million early deaths/ year
mostly women & children
Climate?
The ultimate Slow Drip

17. Or hype them….

18. Flash . . . (not) GLOBE WARMS Crops Wither, Coasts Flood “Ecological Armageddon,” Scientists Say

19. For every PhD, there is an equal and opposite PhD
Tyranny of Balance
For every PhD, there is
an equal and opposite PhD

20. Exploitation of Balance & Uncertainty
American Petroleum Institute: 1998 memo

21. Heat Light

29. Average August ice since 1979

30. Average August ice since 1979
Ice in August 2002

36. What is solid one day…..

37. …Is two-mile-deep open water the next.

39. Science camp, 30 miles from North Pole.

40. Even keeping a hole through the 10-foot-thick ice open is a challenge
Even keeping a hole through the 10-foot-thick ice open is a challenge. The divers used a sieve to skim the slushy first ice.

44. Talk about Fear Factor. Try dropping through a manhole-size opening in 10-foot-thick ice into dark water that is 29 degrees (salt water stays liquid below freezing) and two miles deep. (The divers took these pictures!)

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