A decade ago, Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in promoting awareness about climate change. One of the ways he did that was through the Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Gore is back with his follow-up film, An Inconvernient Sequel: Truth to Power, now in theatres. But what if the connection between the original movie and Gore, a former vice-president and failed Democrat presidential candidate, actually set back the climate change cause?

Today in The Conversation Canada, researchers Dominik Stecula and Eric Merkley of the University of British Columbia put forward a provocative theory: more than a decade later, there is evidence the first movie “might have had an unintended consequence: serving as a catalyst in the polarization of American public opinion on climate change.”

As provincial governments across the country consider increasing the minimum wage, Michael Armstrong of Brock University suggests it’s also time to look at what jurors are paid. His research into how each province handles the cost of one of the cornerstones of the justice system is a fascinating read.

And finally, if you’re getting ready for next week’s eclipse of the sun, you must read Bryan Gaensler’s article on how to safely view the event. The director of the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto explains why it’s important to take the necessary precautions to watch one of the great celestial spectacles.

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