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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5477/A8.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Climate Scientists: There Is Hope' data-article-id='6072'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='15896'>Recent scientific reports show the destructive effects of climate change, but many scientists say it is important to remain positive. </span> <span data-start-time='15896' data-end-time='26625'>If the world continues to change and not give up, we can still prevent some of the worst effects of climate change.</span> <span data-start-time='26625' data-end-time='36667'>Recently, however, many scientists are dealing with the feeling of doom about climate change or “doom-ism.”</span> <span data-start-time='36667' data-end-time='42417'>Jacquelyn Gill is a climate scientist at the University of Maine. </span> <span data-start-time='42417' data-end-time='53646'>She says that around 2018 she noticed an increase in these “doomers,” or people who think that saving the earth is hopeless. </span> <span data-start-time='53646' data-end-time='62021'>They refuse to change their behavior or consider how they can work to prevent climate change.</span> <span data-start-time='62021' data-end-time='70625'>Susan Clayton is a psychology professor at Wooster College and studies climate change fears.</span> <span data-start-time='70625' data-end-time='83396'>She explains that “doomism” is, “… a way of saying 'I don't have to go to the effort of making changes because there's nothing I can do anyway.' "</span> <span data-start-time='83396' data-end-time='89604'>She spoke to The Associated Press with 6 other climate scientists. </span> <span data-start-time='89604' data-end-time='100313'>They say that even though there is increasing harm to our climate because of emissions, the situation is not hopeless. </span> <span data-start-time='100313' data-end-time='104063'>We can still prevent the worst effects.</span> <span data-start-time='104063' data-end-time='115958'>The United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently published its third report. </span> <span data-start-time='115958' data-end-time='124104'>This report explained the damage caused by the burning of traditional fuels, like oil and coal. </span> <span data-start-time='124104' data-end-time='137167'>New investments in traditional fuels and removal of forests for farming are preventing the world from making changes to help stop climate change.</span> <span data-start-time='137167' data-end-time='144208'>Inger Anderson is the Environment Program Director for the United Nations. </span> <span data-start-time='144208' data-end-time='152083'>She says officials are trying to get people to take action because there is a climate crisis. </span> <span data-start-time='152083' data-end-time='156479'>Their goal is not to scare people into doing nothing.</span> <span data-start-time='156479' data-end-time='162354'>We are not doomed, but rapid action is absolutely essential.</span> <span data-start-time='162354' data-end-time='174958'>With every month or year that we delay action, climate change becomes more complex, expensive and difficult to overcome,” Andersen said.</span> <span data-start-time='' data-end-time=''></span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5477/a_longhandled_brush_of_bristles_or_twigs_used_for_sweeping.wav'><span>a long-handled brush of bristles or twigs, used for sweeping</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5477/death_destruction_or_some_other_terrible_fate.wav'><span>death, destruction, or some other terrible fate</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5477/a_mushroom.wav'><span>a mushroom</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=18519 data-hint-location='115958' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5477/which_of_the_following_is_a_traditional_fuel_that_is_listed_in_the_article.wav'>Which of the following is a traditional fuel that is listed in the article?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='oil'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5477/milk.wav'><span>milk</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5477/soil.wav'><span>soil</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5477/wind.wav'><span>wind</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5477/oil.wav'><span>oil</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=18520 data-hint-location='83396' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5477/she__blank__to_the_associated_press_with_6_other_climate_scientists_.wav'>She <span class='blank'>spoke</span> to The Associated Press with 6 other climate scientists. </div><div class='choices' 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