Though Russia is warming 2.5 times as fast as the rest of the planet, some of its scientists, RAS members and public figures regularly voice denials of climate science, sowing confusion among the populace.

In May, the RAS’s Eurasian economic integration council said that Earth’s warming is primarily due to the “outflow of potassium isotope from the Earth’ depths” and linked local climate catastrophes to the “increasing emission of natural hydrogen, which creates ozone holes.”

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in contrast, states that human release of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane have “unequivocally” led to global warming.

Present in Russian public discourse for decades, climate deniers often have backgrounds in natural sciences, engineering, paleoclimatology, or the fossil fuel industry, experts say.

  • Ильдар
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    -431 year ago

    I understand clearly, and you can’t stand other opinions

      • @[email protected]
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        121 year ago

        To add, you can have an opinion about a scientific fact, sure. But then, you are wrong.

        This will probably not stop them from keeping erroneous thoughts and opinions, sadly…

      • Ильдар
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        -41 year ago

        Lead spiced with asbestos, my favorite

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      You’re fully entitled to your opinion, but we have to agree that your opinion is wrong.

      It’s as if you said your cat has seven legs. Yes you might be fully convinced of that, and sadly you might be able to impress some people with it, and it may make you feel special, give you comfort or whatever. But it’s also wrong. You don’t actually have a cat with seven legs. That’s important as well.

    • @legion02
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      51 year ago

      I think it’s more that this position is incredibly selfish and short-sighted.