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· January 15, 2026

climate-change-american-mind-beliefs-attitudes-fall-2025-5.3

These bar charts show the percentage of Americans who are worried about harm from extreme weather events or related impacts, including air pollution, water pollution, electricity power outages, diseases carried by mosquitos and ticks, droughts, extreme heat, water shortages, wildfires, flooding, and hurricanes, in their local area. A majority of Americans are worried about harm from extreme weather events or related impacts in their local area. Data: Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, Fall 2025. Refer to the data tables in Appendix 1 of the report for all percentages.