Melting glacier? Yawn. Climate change is boring, worthy – and terrifying | Owen Jones
by Owen Jones from on (#TFEK)
It's easy to switch off when you hear another report of rising sea levels. But unless individuals act, we're heading for a global catastrophe
It's the existential threat to our species, and it bores us to tears. Admit it. You think the consequences of human-driven climate change are terrifying, but it seems too abstract, too technical and too long term. A recent poll in the US found that, while most Americans accepted that the climate was indeed changing, less than a quarter admitted to be either extremely or very worried about it.
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