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Climate change does not polarize opinions: 'In fact, we are increasingly in agreement'

Differences of opinion on climate change among the Dutch have not increased over the past 40 years; in fact, they have decreased, according to a study conducted by sociologists Anuschka Peelen and Jochem Tolsma of Radboud University. The researchers also found no evidence that groups of Dutch people...

Climate change does not polarize opinions: 'In fact, we are increasingly in agreement'
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Differences of opinion on climate change among the Dutch have not increased over the past 40 years; in fact, they have decreased, according to a study conducted by sociologists Anuschka Peelen and Jochem Tolsma of Radboud University. The researchers also found no evidence that groups of Dutch people with different educational backgrounds are drifting further apart in their views on climate change.

Originally published at Phys.org

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