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Teaching the science of climate change has become a political issue in many schools across the United States. Nature Climate Change look at an education battle against denialists.

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Figure 1: Across all age groups, fewer US citizens accept global warming now than five years ago.
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Inman, M. Schools of thought. Nature Clim Change 2, 303–305 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1494

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