Title page
Contents
Acknowledgments 3
Introduction 6
Fundamentals 7
Causes and Threat 11
Issue Engagement 13
Desired Effort to Deal with Global Warming 15
Personal Observations of Recent Weather 17
Sources of Electricity 19
Trust in and Agreement among Environmental Scientists 20
Conclusion 21
References 22
Figure 1. Percent of Americans who believe the earth's temperature "has probably been increasing" over the past 100 years 7
Figure 2. Of the Americans who believe the earth's temperature has or has not been increasing, the percentage who are extremely or very sure 8
Figure 3. Percent of Americans who believe the earth's temperature "will probably increase" over the next 100 years 9
Figure 4. Of the Americans who think the earth's temperature will or will not go up over the next 100 years, the percentage who are extremely or very sure 9
Figure 5. Percentage of Americans who believe human action has been at least partly causing global warming 11
Figure 6. Percentage of Americans who believe the increase in global temperatures over the past 100 years was good or bad 11
Figure 7. Percentage of Americans who believe a 5℉ global temperature increase in 75 years would be "bad" 11
Figure 8. Percentage of Americans who believe global warming will be a very or somewhat serious problem for the United States or the world 12
Figure 9. Percentage of Americans who think that global warming will hurt/help future generations or hurt/help them personally at least a moderate amount 12
Figure 10. Percentage of Americans who feel they know at least a moderate amount about global warming 13
Figure 11. Percentage of Americans who have very or extremely strong opinions on global warming 13
Figure 12. Percentage of Americans who think global warming is extremely personally important (the global warming "issue public") 14
Figure 13. Percentage of Americans who believe governments, businesses, or average people should do "at least a moderate amount" to deal with... 15
Figure 14. Percentage of Americans who believe that governments, businesses, or average people are currently doing at least a moderate amount to deal... 16
Figure 15. Percentage of Americans who believe that governments, businesses, or average people should do more to deal with global warming 16
Figure 16. Percentage of Americans who believe that they have seen effects of global warming 17
Figure 17. Percentage of Americans who think weather patterns have been more unstable or world temperatures have increased more over the last three years... 17
Figure 18. Percentage of Americans who trust what scientists say about the environment at least a moderate amount 20
Figure 19. Percentage of Americans who believe that more than, less than, or exactly 50 percent of climate scientists believe that global warming has been happening 20