Textbooks inaccurately present science on climate change as uncertain and doubtful, Stanford research shows (Stanford ...

(Source: Stanford University) Stanford Report, November 23, 2015 Stanford research shows that some California science textbooks by major publishers portray climate change as a debate over different opinions rather than as scientific fact. By Clifton B. Parker Dean Drobot/Shutterstock Middle school students learn about climate change largely through textbooks, which may be misrepresenting the science behind the phenomenon, new Stanford research shows. Major California science textbooks may be misrepresenting the science behind climate change as much weaker than it actually is, new Stanford research shows. In doing so, the textbooks more closely reflect the public debate about climate change...