This report indicates that public concern about global warming, and public trust in a range of information sources, has dropped sharply over the past year.
Interview dates: December 24, 2009 – January 3, 2010
Interviews: 1,001 Adults (18+)
Margin of error: +/- 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
NOTE: All results show percentages among all respondents, unless otherwise labeled. Totals
may occasionally sum to more than 100 percent due to rounding.
This study was conducted by the Yale Project on Climate Change and the George Mason
University Center for Climate Change Communication, and was funded by the Surdna
Foundation, the Eleventh Hour Project, the Pacific Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation.
Principal Investigators:
Anthony Leiserowitz, PhD
Yale Project on Climate Change
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
(203) 432-4865
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Edward Maibach, MPH, PhD
Center for Climate Change Communication
Department of Communication, George Mason University
(703) 993-1587
[email protected]
Connie Roser-Renouf, PhD
Center for Climate Change Communication
Department of Communication, George Mason University
(707) 825-0601
[email protected]
Cite as: Leiserowitz, A., Maibach, E., & Roser-Renouf, C. (2010) Climate change in the American
Mind: Americans’ global warming beliefs and attitudes in January 2010. Yale University and George
Mason University. New Haven, CT: Yale Project on Climate Change.
http://environment.yale.edu/uploads/AmericansGlobalWarmingBeliefs2010.pdf