而且,尽管有许多利益在起作用,但从这个故事中受益最大的参与者之一是媒体:“极端”气候的念头只会带来更有吸引力的新闻。
While many interests are at work, one of the players that benefit the most from this story is the media: the notion of "extreme" climate simply makes for more compelling news.
我们通过进化知道警惕尖牙老虎和暴风雪,但对气候变化却熟视无睹——也许这也是为何我们在新闻媒体中只报道天气而不报道气候的原因吧。
We evolved to be wary of saber-toothed tigers and blizzards, but not of climate change - and maybe that's also why we in the news media tend to cover weather but not climate.
新闻:随着气候的变化,人的心理健康状况下降
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