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Dear GLIMS colleagues,<div><br></div><div>We all know this, but I speak for myself that I don't too commonly put this knowledge of language and culture into action when engaged in public speaking or writing on scientific matters. It may be helpful to remind one another. Thanks, Jim (Torson) for sharing.</div><div><br></div><div>--Jeff Kargel<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: jtorson@commspeed.net<br>Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:22:08 -0700<br>Subject: Terms that have different meanings for scientists and the public<br><br>
<a href="http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2011/10/17/words-matter/" target="_blank">http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2011/10/17/words-matter/</a><div><br></div><div><p class="ecxdate"> 17 October 2011 </p>
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<div style="float:left;height:35px"><em>Posted by <a href="http://blogs.agu.org/members/callan-bentley/" title="Callan" target="_blank">Callan</a></em><BR></div></div></div><div>A table from the article “<a href="http://www.physicstoday.org/resource/1/phtoad/v64/i10/p48_s1" target="_blank">Communicating the Science of Climate Change</a>,”
by Richard C. J. Somerville
and
Susan Joy Hassol, from the October 2011
issue of <em>Physics Today</em>, page 48:<BR><a href="http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/files/2011/10/table.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="ecxalignnone ecxsize-full ecxwp-image-5954" src="http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/files/2011/10/table625.jpg" alt="" height="464" width="625"></a><BR>There’s a lot to ponder in this table. It strikes me as an important
document – a compilation of one of humanity’s most tragic
miscommunications.<BR>You can click on it to make it bigger – large enough that you could
embed it in a PowerPoint slide to discuss with your students or peers,
if you so opted.<BR><div><snip - comments deleted></div></div><div><br></div></div></div> </div></body>
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