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How would social constructionists investigate the BSE epidemic and its consequences, as outlined above? What would be the focus of a constructionist investigation?

The environmental issue of global warming – a form of climate change – is the clearest example of a genuinely global environmental problem. Its effects will have an impact on every society on the planet, albeit to varying degrees. To understand it, we have to see ‘the environment’ in its widest sense – the Earth as a whole – as the atmosphere shrouds the entire planet rather than one region. The problem of global warming cannot be understood without modern science, and sociologists need to engage with debates on the science of climate change if they want to say anything useful about the matter.