Climate Change
| Publication | Category | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Data Snapshot: Public Acceptance of Human-Caused Climate Change Is Gradually Rising Have recent extreme weather events in the United States shifted public opinion on climate change? In late summer and fall 2017, disaster headlines were common. Hurricanes caused damage along the Gulf Coast, and brought devastation to Puerto Rico and the Virgin… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Climate Change, Environment, Public Opinion |
| Drier Conditions, More Wildfire, and Heightened Concerns About Forest Management in Eastern Oregon In eastern Oregon, a semi-arid region dominated by dry forest, warming over the past few decades is affecting the productivity and health of forests that are central to the region’s landscapes, economy, and culture. A warmer and drier climate will likely bring more… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Climate Change, Environment, Forests |
| Eyes Off the Earth? Survey researchers have observed significant political divisions in the United States with regard to public trust of science related to evolution, the environment, vaccines, genetically modified organisms, and other topics. Conservatives are less likely than… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Climate Change, Environment, Politics and Elections, Trust |
| On Renewable Energy and Climate, Trump Voters Stand Apart Globally, 2016 was the warmest year on record, surpassing records set in 2015 and 2014,1 and each new record emphasizes the longer-term upward trend. Though not every place on Earth experienced warming effects last year, they were quite evident in many areas. Rising… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Climate Change, Energy, Politics and Elections, Public Opinion |
| Carsey Perspectives: To Dig, Or Not To Dig? Editor’s Note: Tom Haines, a journalist and assistant professor of English at The University of New Hampshire, has walked hundreds of miles across landscapes of fuel while researching a book about energy and the environment that will be published in 2018. He served… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Politics and Elections |
| Where Is the North Pole? The north and south polar regions have been rapidly changing, affecting global weather and sea levels and sparking international concern about shipping and resources. While these global impacts occur, physical changes such as warming and less ice directly affect… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Climate Change, Environment, Politics and Elections, Public Opinion, Trust |
| Was December Warm? In 2015 New Hampshire experienced its warmest December on record. The temperature exceeded twentieth century average temperatures by a wider margin than for any month in historical records dating back to 1895. In February 2016, as part of an ongoing… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change, New Hampshire | Climate Change, New Hampshire, Politics and Elections, Public Opinion, Trust |
| Conservative and Liberal Views of Science Conservative distrust of scientists regarding climate change and evolution has been widely expressed in public pronouncements and surveys, contributing to impressions that conservatives are less likely to trust scientists in general. But what about other topics,… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Climate Change, New Hampshire, Politics and Elections, Public Opinion, Trust |
| Do You Trust Scientists About the Environment? In this brief, author Lawrence Hamilton examines the results of a Granite State Poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center in late January–early February 2014. The poll asked about public trust in scientists, along with other questions on science… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change, New Hampshire | Climate Change, Environment, New Hampshire, Politics and Elections, Public Opinion, Trust |
| Do You Believe the Climate Is Changing? Answers From New Survey Research This brief explores how political views influence Americans’ understanding and perception of science. The research is based on a national version of the Community and Environment in Rural America survey called NCERA, and on New Hampshire’s statewide Granite State… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Climate Change, Environment, Politics and Elections, Public Opinion |
