California public school textbooks mislead students on climate, study says

Books voice doubt over whether climate change is real and suggest global warming could be beneficial, researchers say in analysis of four science texts

Textbooks in California public schools are misleading students on climate change, with material that expresses doubt over whether it is real and promotes the view that increasing temperatures may be beneficial, according to a Stanford University study.

An analysis of four key science texts given to sixth-grade students in California showed that the books "framed climate change as uncertain in the scientific community - both about whether it is occurring as well as about its human-causation".