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It's easy to spot outright rejection of the facts on climate change. But it's far harder to see our own biases and excuses that lead us to delay or deny the need for real action.
People are more likely to deny climate change if they're inclined toward hierarchy, have lower levels of education or are more religious. But the strongest predictor of denial is a person's politics.
Africa has already felt the effects of Donald Trump's climate change denialism. Recent events are also raising political issues of keen interest among the continent's democrats.
Scott Morrison told reporters he discussed climate change with his daughters, aged 10 and 12, but didn't share, unfortunately, the girls' views on the subject.
Vehicle emissions and industrial facilities are contributing to climate change, but many conservatives don't believe it.
Misinformation and lies are regularly used to undermine the science of climate change – here's how to see through the fog.
You may associate grief with the loss of loved ones, but it's also a useful way to think about ecological breakdown.
Climate deniers recently gathered to talk shop at Donald Trump's hotel in Washington DC. There's more to their links with the president than a reservation, though.
Ten years ago, politicians such as Tony Abbott would routinely voice disdain for climate science. Now, while the policy debate remains fierce, the battleground has shifted to economics and jobs.
In the end, climate policy didn't swing the federal election, and for those on the losing side it can be tempting to play the blame game. But listening and respect are much better ways to move forward.
Media reports are starting to directly connect climate change to its weather effects in local communities. But how you respond to those linkages depends on what you already think about climate change.
Melting ice caps, burning forests – the climate disaster future is increasingly the present.
New research addresses two questions about the supposed 'pause' in warming.
The UN climate talks are being held in a nation dominated by cheap coal.
We must recognize the complexity of perspectives on climate change if we want to confront it.
Coastal real estate prices appear to be taking a hit, but mostly in neighborhoods with more climate change believers.
Cheap fossil fuels contort the global economy in ways that have systematically harmed some and benefited others. Justice demands that those of us who have benefited take responsibility.
A decade ago, only a third of farmers accepted the science of climate change. But surveys show attitudes have shifted in recent years as the farming community begins to confront what the future holds.
New research shows how 'teleological thinking' means that conspiracists are more likely to also be creationists.
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Research Assistant Professor, Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Associate professor in astronomy, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Lecturer in Critical Thinking; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
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Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Environmental Politics and Co-Director Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney
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Holcim (US) Professor at the Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
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Research Associate, Reuters Institute, University of Oxford
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Research Associate, Science Society & Sustainability, University of East Anglia
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Principal Lecturer in Psychology, University of Brighton
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Researcher in Sustainable Consumption, University of Manchester
