Bill Nye commonly know as “Bill Nye the Science Guy” is a television star, science educator, and climate change activist. Bill Nye and other scientist believe climate change is due to human activity, specifically due to the increase of greenhouse gasses. While most people accept climate change as a result of human activity many do not. This threatens many people's food supply and threatens coastal cities along with other problems. Bill frequently participate in debates and discussions about climate change and also tries to educate the population through various media platforms. This paper will investigate Bill Nye’s stance on preventing climate change through the use of visual media and his celebrity status.
The first important idea of this topic is what climate change actually is according to Bill Nye. According to a video by National Geographic featuring Bill Nye as the speaker, “climate change is a long term
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Throughout these debates many tactics are used by climate change deniers to support their stance. One a recent debate on CNN with William Happer, a climate change denier, he uses various methods to support his stance. The first of which is stating greenhouse gases are not a pollutant and are not harmful to the earth. Another tactic is referencing specific studies that show wrong predictions about climate change or studies that show climate change is not due to human involvement(Nye, Happer). During another interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News, Carlson also uses various methods to support his view. He first states that skepticism is root of science and that skepticism over climate change is not a bad thing. Carlson also brings up the debate of whether climate change is due to human activity(Carlson). These are just two example of debates and a few examples of tactics used to deny climate change, but are important in understanding why Bill Nye is important in these