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Climate Change Skeptics and the Gender Gap

In his second week in Copenhagen covering the climate change talks, the BBC's Richard Black posed a question on his blog: "Why are virtually all climate 'sceptics' men?" Well, not all of them, he goes on to say, but the most prominent ones (minus a few notable exceptions). "You might think it's a trite question," Black said. Not really, but go on. "It's a marked contrast to the world of mainstream climate science, which boasts a number of eminent female practitioners, including IPCC lead authors Susan Solomon and Cynthia Rosenzweig; and to the world of UN climate talks, where many ...

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