BONUS: Goodbye, Climate Jargon. Hello, Simplicity!

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🗓️ 3 October 2021

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People are likely to be confused by climate change terms like "mitigation" and "carbon neutral," according to a recent study. Yet, these terms are ubiquitous in climate research and reports that are meant to be accessible to a general audience.

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0:00.0	Hey, consider this listeners, Elsa Chang here.
0:03.1	It's Sunday, which means we have got a bonus episode for you.
0:08.0	It's about how we talk about climate change.
0:11.4	And by we, I mean the media, scientists, science journalists,
0:16.2	all the people who work really hard to spell out
0:18.9	what's happening to our planet and why it matters,
0:21.6	but who sometimes do it in a way
0:24.2	that doesn't really get the job done.
0:26.3	Keep listening and you will hear what I mean.
0:29.3	This is an episode of MPR's Daily Science Podcast Shortwave,
0:33.5	host Lauren Summer and reporter Rebecca Hirscher,
0:36.0	take it from here.
0:40.6	Hi, Rebecca Hirscher.
0:41.7	Hey, Lauren Summer.
0:42.9	So this is fun to climate reporters on shortwave
0:46.1	at the same time.
0:47.1	Yeah, nothing says fun like climate change.
0:50.2	Oh.
0:50.7	Getting.
0:51.5	Yeah, I'm kidding.
0:53.2	But I'm actually really happy that you're the one I get
0:55.3	to talk to for today's episode.
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