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Experimental effects of climate messages vary geographically
Peer-Reviewed Article · Apr 16, 2018
In this study, we demonstrate that a message about climate change can have different effects depending on geographical location. The research integrates two of our recent scientific advances: the importance of public...
Scientific agreement can neutralize the politicization of facts
Peer-Reviewed Article · Dec 11, 2017
Several recent studies have found that the more education conservatives have, the less likely they are to accept scientific findings about climate change, suggesting a motivated reasoning effect. This has led to the...
New maps of climate opinions by political party
Peer-Reviewed Article · Nov 29, 2017
Our article “The spatial distribution of U.S. Republican and Democratic climate opinions at state and local scales” appears today in the journal Climatic Change Letters. We’re also launching a new interactive set...
Americans willing to pay a carbon tax
Peer-Reviewed Article · Oct 12, 2017
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new paper by Matthew Kotchen, Zachary Turk, and Anthony Leiserowitz: Public willingness to pay for a U.S. carbon tax and preferences for spending the revenue in the...
Public Opinion: Is there an economy-environment tradeoff?
Peer-Reviewed Article · Aug 8, 2017
Between 2008 and 2012, multiple surveys found that US public beliefs and attitudes about global warming declined by over 10 percentage points. For example, our surveys found that public belief that global warming is...
How to Inoculate the Public Against Misinformation About Climate Change
Peer-Reviewed Article · Jan 23, 2017
Our article “How to Inoculate the Public Against Misinformation About Climate Change” was published January 23rd, 2017, in Global Challenges: Climate Change. Prior studies have found widespread public...
Consumer Activism on Global Warming
Peer-Reviewed Article · Oct 14, 2016
Takin’ It to the Mall: Consumer Activism on Global Warming Corporate responses to consumer boycotts have made headlines in recent weeks: Uber’s chairman stepped down from President Trump’s business...
Public Trust in the Scientific Research of US Federal Agencies
Peer-Reviewed Article · Mar 11, 2016
We have a new article published in Public Understanding of Science: Predictors of trust in the general science and climate science research of US federal agencies. Analyzing a nationally representative survey of...
Is Global Warming Harmful to Human Health?
Peer-Reviewed Article · Nov 30, 2015
Global warming has significant negative consequences for human health, with some groups at greater risk than others. The extent to which the public is aware of these risks is unclear; the limited existing research has...
Climate Change Psychology: Five Insights
Peer-Reviewed Article · Nov 18, 2015
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new peer-reviewed article entitled Improving public engagement with climate change: Five “best practice” insights from psychological science in the...