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Linking Disasters to Climate Makes Skeptics Less Likely to Donate, Study Says
2015-06-23 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Linking natural disasters to climate change makes global warming skeptics less likely to donate money to relief efforts, says a study by psychologists at the University of Massachusetts. They asked study participants to read an article about a drought-related famine; one version of the article attributed the droughts to climate change, and the other version made no mention of climate. The researchers then asked the participants why they would or would not donate money for relief, and about their...
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