Public understanding of climate change-related sea-level rise.
Sea-level rise resulting from climate change is impacting coasts around the planet. There is strong scientific consensus about the amount of sea-level rise to 2050 (0.24-0.32 m) and a range of projections to 2100, which vary depending on the approach used and the mitigation measures taken to reduce...
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ftunivwaikato:oai:researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz:10289/14493 2024-02-11T10:08:32+01:00 Public understanding of climate change-related sea-level rise. Priestley, Rebecca K. Heine, Zoë Milfont, Taciano L. United States 2021 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10289/14493 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254348 en eng PLoS One Priestley, R. K., Heine, Z., & Milfont, T. L. (2021). Public understanding of climate change-related sea-level rise. PLoS One, 16(7), e0254348. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254348 https://hdl.handle.net/10289/14493 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0254348 1932-6203 © 2021 Priestley et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Journal Article 2021 ftunivwaikato https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254348 2024-01-23T18:25:37Z Sea-level rise resulting from climate change is impacting coasts around the planet. There is strong scientific consensus about the amount of sea-level rise to 2050 (0.24-0.32 m) and a range of projections to 2100, which vary depending on the approach used and the mitigation measures taken to reduce carbon emissions. Despite this strong scientific consensus regarding the reality of climate change-related sea-level rise, and the associated need to engage publics in adaptation and mitigation efforts, there is a lack of empirical evidence regarding people's understanding of the issue. Here we investigate public understanding of the amount, rate and causes of sea-level rise. Data from a representative sample of New Zealand adults showed a suprising tendency for the public to overestimate the scientifically plausible amount of sea-level rise by 2100 and to identify melting sea ice as its primary causal mechanism. These findings will be valuable for scientists communicating about sea-level rise, communicators seeking to engage publics on the issue of sea-level rise, and media reporting on sea-level rise. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sea ice The University of Waikato: Research Commons New Zealand PLOS ONE 16 7 e0254348 |
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Sea-level rise resulting from climate change is impacting coasts around the planet. There is strong scientific consensus about the amount of sea-level rise to 2050 (0.24-0.32 m) and a range of projections to 2100, which vary depending on the approach used and the mitigation measures taken to reduce carbon emissions. Despite this strong scientific consensus regarding the reality of climate change-related sea-level rise, and the associated need to engage publics in adaptation and mitigation efforts, there is a lack of empirical evidence regarding people's understanding of the issue. Here we investigate public understanding of the amount, rate and causes of sea-level rise. Data from a representative sample of New Zealand adults showed a suprising tendency for the public to overestimate the scientifically plausible amount of sea-level rise by 2100 and to identify melting sea ice as its primary causal mechanism. These findings will be valuable for scientists communicating about sea-level rise, communicators seeking to engage publics on the issue of sea-level rise, and media reporting on sea-level rise. |
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Public understanding of climate change-related sea-level rise. |
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PLoS One Priestley, R. K., Heine, Z., & Milfont, T. L. (2021). Public understanding of climate change-related sea-level rise. PLoS One, 16(7), e0254348. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254348 https://hdl.handle.net/10289/14493 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0254348 1932-6203 |
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