{"id":487830,"date":"2010-03-30T00:06:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T04:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/climaterealists.com\/index.php?id=5451"},"modified":"2010-03-30T00:06:48","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T04:06:48","slug":"forecasters-at-odds-about-warming-threat-by-jennifer-harper-washington-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/487830","title":{"rendered":"Forecasters at odds about warming threat by Jennifer Harper, Washington Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Is climate change a serious threat to humanity or a scam trumped up by agenda-minded activists? <\/p>\n

Even the nation’s TV weathercasters can’t agree on that scientific dilemma, according to the largest survey of the profession to date released Monday by George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication. <\/p>\n

The majority \u2014 63 percent \u2014 say global warming is caused “mostly by natural changes in the environment” compared with 31 percent who blamed the phenomenon on “human activities.” More than a quarter said they agreed that the phenomenon is “a scam.” <\/p>\n

Another 48 percent said global warming should be a “low” priority for President Obama and Congress; one out of three felt is should be given “medium” priority; 23 percent felt is was of “high” importance. <\/p>\n

The group is well aware of dissent in the research community as well: Sixty-one percent said there is “a lot of disagreement among scientists” about the issue. <\/p>\n

But should climate change and global warming be a subject for their own broadcast coverage? Two-thirds said yes \u2014 though three-fourths also felt the subject was better suited for online discussions, “as many report concern about audience ‘backlash,'” the survey said. <\/p>\n

Some prominent weathermen, however, are not buying into the theory. <\/p>\n

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Source: washingtontimes.com<\/p>\n

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