bs2<p>> In a late-2022 survey of almost 500 <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ClimateScientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateScientists</span></a> worldwide,.. <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/GlobalWitness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWitness</span></a> found that almost 40% had been targeted with online harassment or abuse in response to their work, and 8% had received death threats. One of them reported, “The death (and rape) threats were extended to my children.”<br>> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ClimateResearchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateResearchers</span></a> are frequently quoted in the press these days, given the onrush of unprecedented <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ClimaticEvents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimaticEvents</span></a>, and that brings even more targeting.<br> <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/scientists-pursue-climate-activism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/opinion/scien</span><span class="invisible">tists-pursue-climate-activism</span></a><br> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/StanCox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StanCox</span></a></p>