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Nature 445, 818 (22 February 2007) | doi:10.1038/445818b; Published online 21 February 2007

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Newspaper scare headlines can be counter-productive

Mike Hulme1

  1. Tyndall Centre, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK

Your coverage of the report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) working group included some exemplary Editorial and News headlines: "Light at the end of the tunnel", "What we don't know about climate change" and "From words to action" (Nature 445, 567 & 578–583; 2007). These convey the message about knowledge, ignorance and action that would be expected from a leading journal writing for a scientific readership.