‘Bit of an echo chamber:’ Study finds climate denier blogs ignore science
An analysis of dozens of blogs that question the threat climate change poses to polar bears has found the writers ignore virtually all the science on bears and sea ice.
The study, published Wednesday in the journal BioScience, suggests the blogs use the two topics to create doubt about climate change generally. And it found that a Canadian scientist is a main source of their arguments.
“If they can push over the polar bear domino, all other examples of climate change are dismissed by association,” said lead author Jeff Harvey of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology.
“If polar bears are thriving —and there’s no negative effects of climate change on them — you can’t believe any of these other studies, so ignore all of it.”