Warming Trends: The ‘Cranky Uncle’ Game, Good News About Bowheads and Steps to a Speedier Energy Transition
A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations, books, cultural events and other developments from the global warming frontier.
December 19, 2020
A new phone app called Cranky Uncle uses a science-denying uncle cartoon character to illustrate different methods of disinformation on science topics like climate change. Credit: Autonomy/John Cook
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