John Cook, of the University of Queensland, and his colleagues, have created a MOOC ... Massive Open Online Course ... called "Making Sense of Climate Science Denial."
Why does this matter? How does it work? What can you do?
All of these questions are answered here: University offering free online course to demolish climate denial.
Fight sticky myths with even sticker sticklier facts.
Do go check it out. See you in class!
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