Recognizing that public opinion plays a critical role in the American response to global warming, our bi-annual...
2014 Articles
Evaluation of a National High School Entertainment-Education Program
Ever-increasing global warming has created a societal imperative to reach and engage youth, whose futures are at risk....
Adapting to Climate Change & Sea Level Rise: A Maryland Statewide Survey, Fall 2014
Highlights of this survey, which was released by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and conducted in...
The Genesis of Climate Change Activism: From Key Beliefs to Political Advocacy
There are numerous examples of a growing U.S. climate movement. Protests against the Keystone XL pipeline drew an...
Global Warming vs. Climate Change: May 2014
In January 2014, we conducted a nationally representative experimental study and found that the terms global...
Climate Scientists Need to Set the Record Straight: There is a Scientific Consensus that Human-Caused Climate Change is Happening
Nearly all climate scientists are convinced that human-caused climate change is occurring, yet half of Americans do...
Human Health (Chapter 9) – Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment
Climate change, together with other natural and human-made health stressors, influences human health and disease in...
Politics and Global Warming: April 2014
Most  registered voters are 2.5 times more likely to vote for a congressional or presidential candidate who supports...
Climate Discussion Echoes Tobacco Debate
In 1962, Luther Terry, the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, established the Surgeon General’s Advisory...
Climate Change in the American Mind: April 2014
This report summarizes the beliefs and attitudes findings from our April 2014 survey. Findings include that most...
Climate Change Education through TV Weathercasts: Results of a Field Experiment
A field study shows that on-air and online education provided by a TV meteorologist over the course of one year...
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