Half of Americans Say Global Warming Is Affecting Weather in the United States “A Lot” or “Some.”
Half of Americans say global warming is affecting the weather “a lot” (23%) or “some” (27%).
At Least Four in Ten Americans Say Global Warming Made Several Extreme Weather
Events “More Severe.”
Many Americans believe global warming made several recent extreme weather events “more severe:”
• 2012 as the warmest year on record in the United States (50%)
• The ongoing drought in the Midwest and the Great Plains (49%)
• Superstorm Sandy (46%)
• Superstorm Nemo (42%)
About one in three is not sure about the impact of global warming, and fewer (about one in five)
believe it had no impact on these events.
From Yale Project on Climate Change Communication