Polar bears and July days revive a media bogeyman that frightens small children

The alarming state of scientific misinformation is perpetuated in public libraries, where scary stories are found in the children's section.

These warm July days are reviving a media bogeyman that frightens small children: The Legend of the Drowning Polar Bear. They teach it in schools, where dark theories of global warming replace catechism as the new religion. Students take it on faith that climate change is unnatural, catastrophic ...

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