George Mason University partnered with the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on a survey of climate...
2014 Articles
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...
Climate Change in the American Mind: October 2014
Recognizing that public opinion plays a critical role in the American response to global warming, our bi-annual...
Key Findings of a National Medical Association Survey
The following report contains the findings of a survey conducted in two phases in March and May of 2014 among members...
Public Perceptions of Climate Change: A Maryland Statewide Survey, Fall 2014
This 2014 survey on public perceptions of climate change in Maryland followed a 2013 study conducted by George Mason...
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...
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