Research on climate change

The way climate change is discussed in the media and by politicians directly impacts the funding of research on climate change. A company called The Ocean Cleanup goes around the world to clean the oceans and help wildlife. This company would want to spend money on media advertisements to gain funding for the technology needed to help clean the oceans in a way that causes the least harm to marine life and how oil spills impact the oceans. However, the big oil companies would not want that. These companies can spend money on advertisements, lobby policymakers, and perhaps even try to put information out in the media that makes the opposition’s mission look like it is the villain in the story. All these things contribute to how we look at global and even local topics. What we see and hear from the world around us, if we like it or not, helps shape how we see the world. The bias of the companies mentioned above influences how those companies would be able to get research done and what kinds of research are published or out to the media. Smaller organizations do not have the same connections or resources as bigger ones, like the big oil techs, to get the word out about their research. This can develop a bias towards one point rather than the other. These two topics go hand in hand.