As Atlantic gales batter the south of England, and historic rains swamp other parts of it, a scan of mainstream British print media reveals that less than 1 in 10 of the stories about the floods venture to suggest any possible link to climate change.
(Photo: Climate Outreach)
At the same time, polls indicate that two thirds of people in the UK have never talked about climate change outside their immediate social circle, and a third of people have never talked about it with anyone at all.
I strongly suspect that the British are not unusual in their deathly silence on this most vital of all subjects. But:
This short February 13 commentary looks at one local attempt to break the silence, and make the link.
More on scientists and climate change/global warming in Pesky Facts: unspun science for dangerous times, coming from Between the Lines, autumn 2014.
Bold Scientists 