Average Arctic Sea-Ice Levels, 1979-2013 (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

Average Arctic Sea-Ice Levels, 1979-2013

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This graph, adapted from NASA's 2013 public communications about climate change, has been found to produce misinterpretations about the scientific information it communicates. Centola and colleagues showed it to study participants, and then asked them to forecast sea-ice trends for the year 2025.

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University of Pennsylvania (adapted from its use in recent experiments with the authors' permission)

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