From Dave Neale
Adam Corner discusses the ineffective way in which some scientists communicate the predicted effects of climate change (28 September, p 28), a problem which makes me despair.
For example, tell British people about a 2°C rise in temperature, and the usual reaction will be: “Oh, that’ll be nice. We could do with some better weather.”
But if researchers spoke about how many of the 160 million inhabitants of low-lying Bangladesh will be displaced by rising sea levels and that, as it is a member of the Commonwealth, the UK needs to prepare for millions of refugees, then I suspect the public might get serious about it.
Truro, Cornwall, UK
