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Prof Mark Berliner on ‘Climate Change, Uncertainty & Communication’

Posted on 8 May 2013 by

Professor Mark Berliner addresses how to communicate climate change in the context of risk and uncertainty. I wish I could hot link the video here, but there is no “share” at the site, so I can only provide the link.

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Human Assessment of Risk of Loss

Posted on 25 April 2013 by

Not knowing a risk is not the same as being safe. If presented with the choice of either losing $500 with 100% certainty, or that of losing $1000 with 50% certainty and $0 with 50% certainty, many if not most … Continue reading →

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