{"id":1854,"date":"2013-04-18T12:38:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T16:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1854"},"modified":"2013-04-18T12:38:27","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T16:38:27","slug":"climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1854","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have to admit that when it comes to the subject of climate change\/ global warming I have a lot to learn. Like most of us, my knowledge has been limited to the\u00c2\u00a0media and a few articles in science magazines. Well all that is about to change. I have just enrolled in a course on Coursera, provided by the University of British Columbia entitled, “Climate Literacy”<\/a>, the 10 week course starts on May 20th\u00c2\u00a0 It covers a wide\u00c2\u00a0range of climate\u00c2\u00a0issues and I would encourage any one that has a interest in this topic to sign up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have to admit that when it comes to the subject of climate change\/ global warming I have a lot to learn. Like most of us, my knowledge has been limited to the\u00c2\u00a0media and a few articles in science magazines. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-tU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3510,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3510","url_meta":{"origin":1854,"position":0},"title":"What do Florida public school students learn about climate change?","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"December 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"What do Florida public school students learn about climate change in their science classes? 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