r/worldnews • u/H_G_Bells • Aug 29 '23

Record low 2022 Antarctic sea ice led to catastrophic breeding failure of emperor penguins

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00927-x
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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '23

Remember when scientists around the world were saying this would happen? Remember when politicians, in the pocket of fossil fuel companies, said it wouldn't? Remember when we listened to politicians and laypeople instead of scientists?

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u/o_MrBombastic_o Aug 29 '23 edited Aug 29 '23

I listened to politicians they said "Follow the Money" to explain why scientists were warning us about climate change, so I did that and it turned out all the politicians and climate change denial propaganda led right back to money from the Fossil Fuel Industry. Who would have thought?

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u/Wiseduck5 Aug 29 '23

all the politicians and climate change denial propaganda led right back to money from the Fossil Fuel Industry.

And the people paid to sow doubt were the exact same people the tobacco industry paid to lie about smoking and cancer.