Deaf scientists and sign language experts have updated British Sign Language (BSL) to include climate change-related terms like “greenhouse gas” and “carbon footprint”. There were no official signs for these, meaning children, teachers and scientists would often have to finger-spell long, complex, scientific terms. The change added 200 new terms to BSL.
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