SN Online Agriculture SN Online Share this: Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print By Science News June 15, 2012 at 12:51 pm SCIENCE & SOCIETY Science knowledge tends to bolster existing views. See “Climate skepticism not rooted in science illiteracy.” ENVIRONMENT Irrigation may be responsible for a third of today’s sea-level rise. Learn more in “Pumping groundwater raises sea level.” HUMANS People all use similar language rules to label kin. Read “Family labels framed similarly across cultures.” An ancient culture dries out in “Harappans may have lived, died by monsoon.”