2000
Scientists: “Human activities are adding a tremendous amount of greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere, trapping heat & leading to #ClimateChange. That will lead to more extreme storms, flooding, drought, higher than average temperatures, the loss of biodiversity, wildfires and more.” 📣
Majority: 🥱🦗
2023
* Earth experiences record breaking heat ☀️, intense flooding 🌊, wildfires & smoke 🔥 , coral bleaching 🪸, loss of biodiversity 🌍 *
Majority: HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!?? 😱
@Sheril I generally love your posts, but this perpetuates a bit of a stereotype that big polluting corporations and other big money players are happy to pretend is real. It's not though, not by a long shot.
Corporate media SHAPES public perception about a whole range of topics -including climate change- rather than just reporting on it.
TONS of people care, but -we- the majority of people- are not being amplified. see for example:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-32412-y
A new study finds that Americans underestimate how many are concerned about climate change as well as support for major climate policies by nearly half, with climate policy supporters significantly outnumbering non-supporters.
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