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You may be interested in one of our online columns - this last one having
just gone up yesterday:

Learning from Nonsense? by Chris Mooney
Hollywood's new disaster blockbuster, The Day After Tomorrow, presents
climate change cataclysms that no respected scientist considers realistic.
But can the hoopla surrounding the film actually educate about the real
global warming issue?
http://www.csicop.org/doubtandabout/global-warming/

Best,
Amanda Chesworth
CSICOP, Educational Director
www.inquiringminds.org




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> The film, "The Day After Tomorrow," is scheduled for release on 5/28.
This
> movie depicts, in Hollywood fashion to be sure, the ramifications of
climate
> change/global warming.  This movie will assuredly raise concerns,
questions
> and discussions about this topic among millions of people, and therefore
> represents a tremendous opportunity for scientists and educators to reach
a
> very large audience with real science on this pressing environmental
issue.
>
> To be ready for the questions raised in the aftermath of this movie, a
group
> of science museums has been in conversation, and we are all in agreement
> that we will best serve the public by working in collaboration.
Activities
> we are moving towards are:  providing a space for scientists to speak on
> climate change, subject-related floor demonstrations, press conferences,
and
> having appropriate museums linked from the movie's web site.
>
> If any museums on this listserv are engaged in similar activities, and/or
> want more details on what our museum group is doing, please let us hear
from
> you.
>
> Shelly Ryan
> Jim Callahan
> Earth and Environmental Sciences Program Committee
> Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland, CA

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