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 »
Most Americans say climate change impacts their community, but effects vary by region
Roughly six-in-ten U.S. adults (62%) say climate change is currently affecting their local community either a great deal or some, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. This finding is consistent with a 2018 Center survey, in which 59% of Americans said global climate change was affecting their local […] Read more »
Regional weather patterns are viewed through partisan lenses, poll finds
People from North Carolina to Texas’ Gulf Coast agree that their areas have been hard hit by extreme storms and hurricanes in recent years. But they disagree with one another on whether climate change is a major factor — and political allegiances make up the dividing line. … Democrats are […] Read more »
On The Many Gulfs In Climate Coverage
… Leah Stokes, a professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara studying public opinion and climate change, has research showing that congressional staff don’t have a handle on what constituents truly want. One of her team’s major findings is that aides who tended to meet more often with […] Read more »
Extreme weather events (and the costs) are piling up
Two weeks ago it was Hurricane Dorian. This week Tropical Storm Humberto is working its way through the Atlantic toward Florida and there are several other systems behind it. If it feels like big weather events are becoming more common in the last few decades, it’s because they are — […] Read more »
Most Americans think climate change contributes to extreme weather events
Most Americans say climate change is happening and believe it contributes at least some to many extreme weather conditions seen around the world, such as melting ice in the Arctic, rising sea levels, warmer summers, droughts and forest fires. But Americans’ opinions on how much climate change contributes are marked […] Read more »