What scientists say and what the public hears

This table, which I found on the AGU blog (link below) lists words commonly used by scientists, their definition as scientists mean them, and then what the public hears.

 

 

Reference 1: blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2011/10/17/words-matter/

 

Reference 2: “Communicating the Science of Climate Change,” by Richard C. J. Somerville and Susan Joy Hassol, from the October 2011 issue of Physics Today, page 48

Original: blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2011/10/17/words-matter/

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