Increasing Public Awareness and Facilitating Behavior Change: Two Guiding Heuristics
If there is a single aspiration that unifies the professionals who work on the challenges…
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Communicating Sea Level Rise
Three quarters of the world’s large cities are located on coasts. As climate change causes…
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How to Inoculate the Public Against Misinformation About Climate Change
In this study, we tested whether preemptive “inoculation messages” can protect the beneficial effects of…
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The Consumer as Climate Activist
Consumption of green products is growing rapidly in the United States. We assessed the extent…
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TV Meteorologists as Local Climate Change Educators
Five years ago – in partnership with Climate Central and WLTX (Columbia, SC) – we…
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The Importance of Assessing and Communicating Scientific Consensus
The spread of influential misinformation, such as conspiracy theories about the existence of a secret,…
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Developing effective communication materials on the health effects of climate change for vulnerable groups: a mixed methods study
Individuals with chronic health conditions or low socioeconomic status (SES) are more vulnerable to the…
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Risky business: Engaging the public on sea level rise and inundation
To examine whether U.S. public opinion may become as sharply polarized on adaptation responses as…
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When Should Environmental Awareness Be a Policy Goal? Assessing the Conditions Under Which Raising Awareness Increases Environmental Sustainability and Societal Resilience
Since the 1970s, governments have increasingly sought to achieve greater environmental awareness among their citizens…
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Documenting the Human Health Impacts of Climate Change in Tropical and Subtropical Regions
Climate change is harming human health, and the magnitude of the harm is increasing. This…
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The Role of Collective Efficacy in Climate Change Adaptation in India
Research on adaptive capacity often focuses on economics and technology, despite evidence from the social…
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Vulnerable Populations Perceive Their Health as at Risk from Climate Change
In this 2013 survey we measured Maryland residents’ climate beliefs, health risk perceptions, and household…
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Highlighting Consensus Among Medical Scientists Increases Public Support For Vaccines: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
A substantial minority of American adults continue to hold influential misperceptions about childhood vaccine safety.…
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Improving Public Engagement with Climate Change: Five “Best Practice” Insights from Psychological Science
Despite being one of the most important societal challenges of the 21st century, public engagement…
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Local Climate Experts: The Influence of Local TV Weather Information on Climate Change Perceptions
Individuals who identify changes in their local climate are also more likely to report that…
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Do Americans Understand Global Warming is Harmful to Health? Evidence from a National Survey
Global warming has significant negative consequences for human health, with some groups at greater risk…
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