More people believe in climate change when they feel hot:

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grist.org 18 Jul '12, 7pm

More people believe in climate change when they feel hot:

Yesterday, we celebrated the 110th birthday of the air conditioner . (Happy day-after-your-birthday, air conditioner!) We illustrated that post with one of the oldest photos of an air-conditioning system we could find, a unit installed in the Capitol in 1938. It’s a huge thing, all pipes and bolts and such. And installing it was obviously a major, major mistake. You see, yet again, it turns out that more people believe in climate change when they feel hot . In the four months since March there has been a jump in U.S. citizens’ belief that climate change is taking place, especially among independent voters and those in southern states such as Texas, which is now in its second year of record drought, according to nationwide polls by the University of Texas. In a poll taken July 12-16, 70 percent of respondents said they think the climate is changing, compared with 65 percent...

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@kononenkome » 19 Jul '12, 12pm
RT @4irikova: Рекордные жара и засуха заставили 70% американцев относиться к глобальному потеплению серьезно [link]
@4irikova » 19 Jul '12, 12pm
Рекордные жара и засуха заставили 70% американцев относиться к глобальному потеплению серьезно [link]
@RootHouseStudio » 19 Jul '12, 8am
Turn up the heat! Hot weather/drought's got more people believing in Climate Change. #OccupyAirConditioners [link]
@ReneNow » 19 Jul '12, 4am
@Late_Show Hot out today? Guess that means that everyone believes in climate change again: [link]"
@alisonborealis » 19 Jul '12, 4am
So maybe #COP and #Kyoto meetings should occur in high summer. MT @Grist Feeling hot increases belief in #ClimateChange [link]
@grist » 19 Jul '12, 4am
Hot out today? Guess that means that everyone believes in climate change again: [link]
@papagaio_pirata » 18 Jul '12, 9pm
Cold as well!!! RT @grist: More people believe in climate change when they feel hot: [link]
@StephErin713 » 18 Jul '12, 9pm
RT @ghanscom: Hot out? Guess that means that everyone believes in climate change again [link]
@LisieuxZenia » 18 Jul '12, 8pm
"Let’s remove that air conditioner from the Capitol!" RT@grist More people believe in climate change when they feel hot [link]
@danaherbert » 18 Jul '12, 8pm
RT @grist: More people believe in climate change when they feel hot: [link]
@grist » 18 Jul '12, 8pm
More people believe in climate change when they feel hot: [link]
@RickClaypool » 18 Jul '12, 8pm
RT @drgrist: Hot out? Guess that means that everyone accepts climate change again [link]
@drgrist » 18 Jul '12, 8pm
Hot out? Guess that means that everyone accepts climate change again [link]
@gristmill » 18 Jul '12, 7pm
Well, everyone believes in climate change again. Hee's our plan to seize the moment and pass legislation in Congress. [link]
@pbump » 18 Jul '12, 7pm
@ClaraJeffery Here was my solution: [link]
@shishirhanda » 19 Jul '12, 4am
RT @grist: Hot out today? Guess that means that everyone believes in climate change again: [link]
@alisonborealis » 19 Jul '12, 4am
RT @grist: Hot out today? Guess that means that everyone believes in climate change again: [link]
@alamorcd » 19 Jul '12, 1am
RT @grist: More people believe in climate change when they feel hot: [link]
@enviroline » 18 Jul '12, 11pm
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@mlinnenluecke » 18 Jul '12, 10pm
RT @grist: More people believe in climate change when they feel hot: [link]
@AQLPA » 18 Jul '12, 10pm
Hot out? Guess that means that everyone believes in climate change again [link]
@dhymers » 18 Jul '12, 9pm
RT @drgrist: Hot out? Guess that means that everyone accepts climate change again [link]
@ArtPlantae » 18 Jul '12, 9pm
RT @grist: More people believe in climate change when they feel hot: [link]
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RT @grist: More people believe in climate change when they feel hot: [link]
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@ClimateDesk » 18 Jul '12, 8pm
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RT @grist: More people believe in climate change when they feel hot: [link]
@nicole_amber » 18 Jul '12, 8pm
RT @drgrist: Hot out? Guess that means that everyone accepts climate change again [link]
@ghanscom » 18 Jul '12, 8pm
Hot out? Guess that means that everyone believes in climate change again [link]