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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
imageHigher 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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