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Climate-changing human activity could lead to 1 billion deaths over the next century, according to new study (phys.org)

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[–] Alto@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Sorry, not bringing some poor bastards into a world that's only going to get worse.

And are you actually basing the decisions you make on a movie?

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[–] Nutteman@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

A scary amount of people do

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