Analysis for Climate News Articles
Number of Articles
Key Takeaway: Although news sources decrease in their reporting of climate change, academics and researchers are ever more interested, evidenced by the sharp increase in Nature articles.
Sentiment Analysis over time
Even though positive and negative sentiment remain constant, the strength of neutral articles increases, representing a shift in mindset about the issues that surround climate change.
Sentiment types of Articles over time
Although the vast majority of news articles are neutral, there is a clear shift toward negativity surrounding the topic, as the number negative articles increases and positive trends downward.
Clustering for Articles
Using LDA and K-means clustering, we found 6 groups that roughly represent articles in the climate news dataset, and represented this in the 3d feature plot below.
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