Reality bites. In the last few years, the intensity of extreme weather events and their cost for communities and economies has skyrocketed. … The drumbeat of climate-intensified natural disasters appears to have increased public certainty that climate change is real, man-caused and worrying. But more important, it has taken climate […] Read more »
Climate Change in the American Mind: About 7 in 10 Americans think global warming is happening
Our latest national survey finds that the highest percentage of Americans since our surveys began are “extremely” or “very” sure global warming is happening. Additionally, an increasing percentage of Americans understand that most scientists think global warming is happening. The report includes many other interesting findings, including how often Americans […] Read more »
19 striking findings from 2019
Every year, Pew Research Center publishes hundreds of reports, blog posts, digital essays and other studies on a wide range of topics, from the demographic and political changes that are reshaping the United States to the attitudes and experiences of people in dozens of other countries. At the end of […] Read more »
Why Climate Change Threats Don’t Trigger An Immediate Response From Human Brains
NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert about why the human brain doesn’t respond to threats posed by climate change as quickly or proactively as seems warranted. All Things Considered, NPR Read more »
Americans broadly accept climate science, but many are fuzzy on the details
Americans remain shaky on the details of climate science even as they have grown increasingly concerned about human activity warming the Earth, according to a national poll by The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) that probed the public’s understanding of climate change. The rising alarm is one […] Read more »
Climate change and health care reform are top priority issues to Californians likely to vote in the state’s Democratic primary
Eight in ten voters likely to be participating in the state’s March Democratic presidential primary consider climate change and health care reform top priority issues for the next president to address. Another 54% rate immigration reform as a top priority issue, while 30% say this about reforming the nation’s criminal […] Read more »