40% of Americans Think Climate Change is Hurting People Right Now

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40% of Americans Think Climate Change is Hurting People Right Now

Americans’ belief in the reality of global warming has increased by 13 percentage points over the past two and a half years, from 57 percent in January 2010 to 70 percent in September 2012. At the same time, the number of Americans who say global warming is not happening has declined nearly by half, from 20 percent in January 2010 to only 12 percent today. For the first time since 2008, more than half of Americans (54%) believe global warming is caused mostly by human activities, an increase of 8 points since March 2012. Americans who say it is caused mostly by natural changes in the environment have declined to 30 percent (from 37% in March). A growing number of Americans believe global warming is already harming people both at home and abroad. Four in ten say people around the world are being harmed right now by climate change (40%, up 8 percentage points since March 201...

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RT @KarlaFisk: MT @msoeden: New Yale research reveals that American belief in climate change has risen to 70% for 1st time since 2008. [link]
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