Assessment of How Climate Scientists Communicate Risk Shows Imperfections, Improvements

Scientists have long struggled to find the best way to present crucial facts about future sea level rise, but are getting better at communicating more clearly, according to an international group of climate scientists, including Michael Oppenheimer, director of SPIA’s Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment and the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs. The consequences of improving communications are enormous, the scientists wrote in a paper in Nature Climate Change, as civic leaders actively incorporate climate scientists’ risk assessments into major planning efforts to counter some of the effects of rising seas.