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Only 60% of Australians accept ‘climate disruption’ is human-caused, global poll finds (www.theguardian.com)
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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/10807072

Australia has one of the lowest rates of people acknowledging that 'climate disruption' is caused by humans

Colour me not suprised

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[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce 2 points 5 months ago

It can be a rather miserable place. I lived there for a while as a kid due to my dad being in the military and getting stationed there. The country itself is okay, the cultural sites were very cool, but god damn - the weather was just ASS 8-9 months out of the year.