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Exposure to perceptible temperature rise increases concern about climate change, higher education adds to understanding

  • Written by R. Alexander Bentley, Professor of Anthropology, University of Tennessee
Exposure to perceptible temperature rise increases concern about climate change, higher education adds to understandingHigher education can train students to carefully consider the evidence around them.Adam Crowley/Tetra Images/Getty images

Years ago, after taking an Earth science class, I found myself looking at the world differently. It was the 1990s, and lakes in Wisconsin where I lived at the time were beginning to freeze later in winter and thaw earlier in...

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