New study finds Americans increasingly alarmed about climate crisis

Americans are becoming increasingly worried about global warming and are now more engaged with climate change issues and solutions than past years, according to a new report. The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication organized Americans into six distinct groups using an ongoing nationally representative survey starting in 2008 based on beliefs, attitudes, policy support and behavior with regard to climate change. The Doubtful don’t believe it’s occurring or just think it’s a natural cycle and the Dismissive believe human-caused global warming is not happening and oppose climate change policies. In a report published Wednesday, researchers detailed how the number of “Alarmed” Americans has dramatically increased in recent surveys. The warming, caused by greenhouse gas emissions, is yet another worrying sign of climate change.