In 2013, George Mason University fielded the first survey of climate change, energy and public health in the state of...
2014 Articles
Public Beliefs, Behaviors & Preferences About Energy: A Maryland Statewide Survey, Fall 2014
George Mason University partnered with the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on a survey of climate...
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...
How to Communicate the Scientific Consensus on Climate Change: Plain Facts, Pie Charts or Metaphors?
Previous research has identified public perceptions of the scientific consensus on climate change as an important...
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 warming...
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...
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