A recent effort by the University of Michigan aims to prevent the spread of what the institution has deemed “fake news” about climate change. Researchers there hope to stop the spread of “myths” that cause people to doubt the severity of the phenomenon.
One study, conducted by UMich researchers, was meant to “address the myths surrounding climate change,” said study author and UMich doctoral student Lauren Lutzke, who added that “Facebook is where a lot of these myths are…