Drawing on a nationally representative survey (n = 1,036), this report describes how Americans view climate activism –...
2020 Articles
Climate Change in the American Mind: December 2020
Our latest national survey finds Americans who think global warming is happening outnumber those who think it is not...
Politics & Global Warming: December 2020
Drawing on a nationally representative survey (N = 1,036; including 949 registered voters), this report describes how...
American Adolescents’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Sources of Information on Climate Change
The past several years have witnessed a dramatic increase in young people’s activism on climate change, accompanied by...
American Adolescents’ Responses to NASA’s Climate Change Website
This is the second of two reports about American adolescents and climate change. In the first report, we described...
An eye tracking approach to understanding misinformation and correction strategies on social media: The mediating role of attention and credibility to reduce HPV vaccine misperceptions
This study uses an unobtrusive eye tracking approach to examine understudied psychological mechanisms—message...
Americans increasingly understand that climate change harms human health
John Kotcher, Edward Maibach, Seth Rosenthal, Abel Gustafson, and Anthony Leiserowitz The U.S. National Climate...
Politics & Global Warming: April 2020
Drawing on a nationally representative survey (NÂ = 1,029; including 911 registered voters), this report describes how...
Who do Americans trust most for information about COVID-19?
Jennifer Marlon, Edward Maibach, Matthew Ballew, Parrish Bergquist, Matthew Goldberg, Abel Gustafson, John Kotcher,...
Climate Change in the American Mind: April 2020
Our latest national survey finds that, in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic, American public opinion about climate...
Americans’ Risk Perceptions and Emotional Responses to COVID-19: April 2020
Drawing on a scientific national survey (N = 3,933; including 3,188 registered voters), this report describes how...
Young adults, across party lines, are more willing to take climate action
Matthew Ballew, Jennifer Marlon, John Kotcher, Edward Maibach, Seth Rosenthal, Parrish Bergquist, Abel Gustafson,...
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