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Time to freak out? How the existential terror of hurricanes can fuel climate change denial

  • Written by Jamie Goldenberg, Professor of Psychology and Area Director, Cognitive, Neuroscience and Social Psychology, University of South Florida
imageHurricane Milton flooded parts of the Tampa Bay region just days after Hurricane Helene made landfall nearby.Bryan R. Smithy/AFP via Getty Images

As TVs across Florida broadcast the all-too-familiar images of a powerful hurricane headed for the coast in early October 2024, people whose homes had been damaged less than two weeks earlier by Hurricane...

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