2014 Articles

A Survey of African American Physicians on the Health Effects of Climate Change

The U.S. National Climate Assessment concluded that climate change is harming the health of many Americans and identified people in some communities of color as particularly vulnerable to these effects. In Spring 2014, we surveyed members of the National Medical...

National Park Service Staff Communication Guide: Knowing & Interacting with Your Audience

Climate change has been identified by Jonathan Jarvis, Director of the National Park Service, as a high priority for the service because implications for management and resource protection are unprecedented. Interns from the Climate Change Communication Internship...

Global Warming’s Six Americas in October 2014: Perceptions of the Health Consequences of Global Warming and Update on Key Beliefs

This report, the seventh on Global Warming’s Six Americas, focuses on the segments'understanding of the human health consequences of global warming, as recently described in theU.S. National Climate Assessment. Our findings indicate that even the segments most...

Public Perceptions of the Health Consequences of Global Warming: October 2014

This report finds that Americans are generally unaware of the potential health consequences of global warming. Key findings include:   Few Americans have thought much about the health consequences of global warming. Asked how often, if ever, before taking this...

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