Tuesday 9.30pm SBS ONE
Wednesday 2.00pm SBS ONE (rpt)

Weather Wars

What should we do to tackle climate change? An unexpected group of people say ‘nothing’, because the whole thing is a scam.

They’re a vocal group of TV weather presenters in the United States, where a survey reveals only 54% of the forecasters actually believe global warming is real.

It’s making for a stormy debate between the presenters and climate scientists, with the millions who rely on TV weather forecasts stuck in the middle.

So who’s winning the argument?

WATCH - Click here to see Dateline's report from video journalist Ginny Stein.

EXTRA - Read more about the survey undertaken by the George Mason University in Virginia.

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Photo (lightning): Getty

On air: 18th July 2010