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The FINANCIAL -- It’s less than one month into winter, and already strong blizzards have bombarded the East and West Coasts. But most Americans don't see global warming as the culprit.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds, in fact, that just 32% of Adults think global warming is causing the increase in the number of major storms like the recent blizzards. A plurality (45%) says global warming is not the reason for the recent storms, and another 23% are not sure.
However, 41% do think it's more likely that the Earth is going through global warming than that the planet is about to enter a new mini-Ice Age. Seventeen percent (17%) say it's more likely that we're entering a new Ice Age. Twenty-nine percent (29%) see no major climate change coming, and 13% are undecided.
Voters continue to take global warming seriously, but concern has fallen since November 2009 when the so-called ‘Climategate’ scandal broke, raising questions about the reliability of pro-global warming research.
Fifty-six percent (56%) of Democrats believe global warming is causing an increase in major storms, but 70% of Republicans and 47% of unaffiliated adults feel otherwise.
African-Americans and adults of other ethnicities are much more likely than whites to think global warming is to blame for the storms. Those earning $75,000 or more per year feel more strongly than those who earn less that global warming is not the cause of the big storms.
Younger Americans believe more strongly than their elders that the Earth is more likely to be going through global warming than entering an Ice Age.
Sixty-two percent (62%) of adults in President Obama's party and a plurality (43%) of unaffiliateds think global warming is at hand. Nearly half (47%) of Republicans, however, say there is no climate change at work.
Most Americans still get their weather news from local television despite the variety of news sources available these days, and fewer adults believe the media overhypes the weather.
Late last month, more than one-third of Americans said this year's winter is already worse than the season has been in recent years.
Fifty-six percent (56%) of Democrats believe global warming is causing an increase in major storms, but 70% of Republicans and 47% of unaffiliated adults feel otherwise.
African-Americans and adults of other ethnicities are much more likely than whites to think global warming is to blame for the storms. Those earning $75,000 or more per year feel more strongly than those who earn less that global warming is not the cause of the big storms.
Younger Americans believe more strongly than their elders that the Earth is more likely to be going through global warming than entering an Ice Age.
Sixty-two percent (62%) of adults in President Obama's party and a plurality (43%) of unaffiliateds think global warming is at hand. Nearly half (47%) of Republicans, however, say there is no climate change at work.
Most Americans still get their weather news from local television despite the variety of news sources available these days, and fewer adults believe the media overhypes the weather.
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