Record Number of Americans See Climate Change As a Current Threat (axios.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report: More Americans are very worried about global warming and say the issue is personally important to them than ever before, according to a new poll released Tuesday. The polling may indicate that extreme weather events -- coupled with a series of grim scientific findings -- over the past year are starting to change peoples' minds about climate change, which could have significant implications for any significant climate legislation passing Congress. The key finding from the new survey from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication is that Americans increasingly view global warming as a present-day threat to them, rather than an issue that will affect future generations. Nearly half of Americans (46%) said they personally experienced the effects of global warming -- a 15-point spike since March 2015.

Comments

Well of course

[SuperKendall]

Repeat a lie enough, and it becomes the truth.

The masses will happily fear what you tell them to fear. Just like decades ago, they were told to fear Global Cooling...

They are asking the wrong questions!

[oldgraybeard]

They should ask
Are you willing to give up 1/2 of your standard of living, 1/2 of your income, downsize everything about your life by 1/2 in order to combat Climate Change?

It is always easy to say yes I am really concerned about issue X. When only others will be affected by doing anything to solve the issue.

Just my 2 cents ;)

Re:Hmm...I just can't think of an example...

[CrimsonAvenger]

Okay, so you cannot see any evidence that global warming and climate change is affecting you, even though the evidence is there, it is overwhelming and the effective is very significant.

Okay, I'll bite. How is it affecting me? Seriously, you seem to know more about it than any of the scientists, so what significant effect has touched my life to date?