Countering misinformation and fake news through inoculation and prebunking

S Lewandowsky, S Van Der Linden - European review of social …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
There has been increasing concern with the growing infusion of misinformation, or “fake
news”, into public discourse and politics in many western democracies. Our article first …

Environmental fate, toxicity and risk management strategies of nanoplastics in the environment: Current status and future perspectives

L Wang, WM Wu, NS Bolan, DCW Tsang, Y Li… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tiny plastic particles considered as emerging contaminants have attracted considerable
interest in the last few years. Mechanical abrasion, photochemical oxidation and biological …

Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries

M Vlasceanu, KC Doell, JB Bak-Coleman… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Effectively reducing climate change requires marked, global behavior change. However, it is
unclear which strategies are most likely to motivate people to change their climate beliefs …

[HTML][HTML] Greater than 99% consensus on human caused climate change in the peer-reviewed scientific literature

M Lynas, BZ Houlton, S Perry - Environmental Research Letters, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
While controls over the Earth's climate system have undergone rigorous hypothesis-testing
since the 1800s, questions over the scientific consensus of the role of human activities in …

Bad beliefs: Why they happen to good people

N Levy - 2021 - library.oapen.org
Why do people come to reject climate science or the safety and efficacy of vaccines, in
defiance of the scientific consensus? A popular view explains bad beliefs like these as …

When worry about climate change leads to climate action: How values, worry and personal responsibility relate to various climate actions

T Bouman, M Verschoor, CJ Albers, G Böhm… - Global environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
The IPCC's report on Global Warming of 1.5° C positioned climate change as one of the
most worrying issues mankind has ever faced. Although many people worry about climate …

C ommunicating doctors' consensus persistently increases COVID-19 vaccinations

V Bartoš, M Bauer, J Cahlíková, J Chytilová - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The reluctance of people to get vaccinated represents a fundamental challenge to
containing the spread of deadly infectious diseases,, including COVID-19. Identifying …

The Greta Thunberg Effect: Familiarity with Greta Thunberg predicts intentions to engage in climate activism in the United States

A Sabherwal, MT Ballew… - Journal of applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Despite Greta Thunberg's popularity, research has yet to investigate her impact on
the public's willingness to take collective action on climate change. Using cross‐sectional …

[HTML][HTML] The differential impact of climate interventions along the political divide in 60 countries

M Berkebile-Weinberg, D Goldwert, KC Doell… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
A major barrier to climate change mitigation is the political polarization of climate change
beliefs. In a global experiment conducted in 60 countries (N= 51,224), we assess the …

Public opinion about climate policies: A review and call for more studies of what people want

M Fairbrother - PLoS Climate, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Around the world, most people are aware of the problem of climate change, believe it is
anthropogenic, and feel concerned about its potential consequences. What they think …