{"id":6172,"date":"2025-07-07T15:15:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T13:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-news&#038;p=6172"},"modified":"2025-07-18T16:26:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:26:01","slug":"climate-unfriendly-communication-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"hbi-news","link":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-news\/news\/climate-unfriendly-communication-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate-Unfriendly Communication on Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/employee\/philipp-kessling\/\">Philipp Kessling<\/a> and Fiete Stegers were guests on the podcast Hungry Minds. 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