… As communication scientists, we study—among other things—how to mount science-based public communication campaigns for the benefit of the publics’ health and wellbeing. In a series of studies conducted over the past several years, we have sought to understand how Americans respond to information about the health effects of climate […] Read more »
Announcing Yale Climate Opinion Maps 3.0
This version of the Yale Climate Opinion Maps is based on data through the year 2018. Public opinion about global warming is an important influence on decision making about policies to reduce global warming or prepare for the impacts, but American opinions vary widely depending on where people live. … […] Read more »
Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change
… Everybody knew. In 1958, on prime-time television, “The Bell Science Hour” — one of the most popular educational film series in American history — aired “The Unchained Goddess,” a film about meteorological wonders, produced by Frank Capra, a dozen years removed from “It’s a Wonderful Life,” warning that “man […] Read more »
Public backs action on global warming – but with cost concerns and muted urgency
Public awareness of global warming is up and support for action is broad, with eight in 10 Americans saying the federal government should try to achieve the same deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions called for in the international treaty rejected by Donald Trump. Sixty-one percent in a new national […] Read more »
As Americans Experienced the Warmest May on Record Their Acceptance of Global Warming Reaches a New High
Over the course of the last 10 years the National Surveys on Energy and the Environment (NSEE) has fielded 19 surveys in which Americans have been asked if they believe there is solid evidence of global warming. In the latest version of this ongoing research initiative from the University of […] Read more »
Should Americans Really Be Worried About Retirement?
Many Americans don’t think about retirement until it looms in their immediate future. So how confident are Americans that they will have enough money when they retire? CONT. Gallup Listen to “Should Americans Really Be Worried About Retirement?” on Spreaker. Read more »