Watch climate scientists give global warming elevator pitches

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For years now, climate science has suffered from a monumental public relations problem. The issue of manmade climate change has become so politicized that it's easy to forget that those who are conducting research into Earth's past, present and future climate are ordinary people — not some elite cabal of brainiacs walled off in a lab somewhere.

Climate activists have often lamented the ease with which climate change contrarians have painted global warming researchers as being part of some sort of conspiracy to bilk taxpayers of research funding, or other nefarious motivations. But now, some activists are launching efforts to change this perception by giving climate researchers an extra public-relations boost. Read more...

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