The relationship between personal experience and belief in the reality of global warming

Teresa A. Myers (), Edward W. Maibach, Connie Roser-Renouf, Karen Akerlof and Anthony A. Leiserowitz
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Teresa A. Myers: Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University
Edward W. Maibach: Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University
Connie Roser-Renouf: Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University
Karen Akerlof: Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University
Anthony A. Leiserowitz: School of Forestry, Yale University

Nature Climate Change, 2013, vol. 3, issue 4, 343-347

Abstract: Research in America finds that observable climate impacts increase people’s certainty about global warming and that prior certainty shapes people’s perceptions of the impacts. The first process happens frequently among people less engaged in the issue of climate change whereas the second process is typical of people already convinced about it.

Date: 2013
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