Sentences with phrase «perceptions about changing climate»

Not exact matches

A North Carolina State University study of middle school science classes explored whether teachers» beliefs about climate change influenced students» perceptions.

Their income, level of education, whether or not they were newcomers to their areas as adults, whether they rented or owned their home, their political party affiliations, their perceptions of the effects of conservation rules on their communities, and their beliefs about climate change were all taken into consideration when their answers were assessed.

Moreover, we found that when respondents» perception of the level of scientific agreement increased, this led to significant changes in other key beliefs about the issue, such as the belief that climate change is happening, human - caused and a worrisome problem.

As reports of such incidents continue to rise, researchers at the University of Arizona set out to learn more about how people's perception of the threat of global climate change affects their mental health.

As many as 65 percent of people in some countries haven't even heard of climate change, and perceptions of risk often depend on local temperatures as much as beliefs about humans» role in the changing environment, a new study finds.

I will attempt to learn more about the effects of climate change on local ecosystems, and make use of data based on perceptions, livestock populations and rangeland experiments to aid snow leopard conservation strategies.

My second Sidney Byers Scholarship will allow me to continue with my PhD studies and to work on my dissertation, which will be about understanding perceptions of local mountain herders towards climate change, while investigating its impact on their daily life, routines and livelihoods.

Perceptions of where the scientific community stands on climate change have fluctuated from a low of 44 % in 2010 who said that scientists agree about human activity as the main cause of warming temperatures to a high of 57 % saying this today.19

As with perceptions of scientific consensus on other topics, public perceptions that scientists tend to agree about climate change tend to vary by education and age.

The asymmetric effect of beliefs about global warming on perceptions of local seasonal climate conditions in the U.S.» Global Environmental Change 23:1488 - 1500.

Just as there is consensus about the human role in climate change, the perception that our species is now piloting the planet has led scientists to declare a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene or the Human Age.

The perception that you may have of the «debate» in the media or politics is mostly due to the inevitable compression of news stories, combined with an apparent journalistic need to provide «balance» (see Chris Mooney's article on this), and well - funded campaigns by interests who are worried about what the reality of climate change might imply on the regulatory front.

Permit me to challenge two things; your simplistic description of the risk perception psychology that explains why the public doesn't seem to care about such a huge threat, and more profoundly, the naive belief that public concern about climate change can make much difference.

«Statistical analysis of our data revealed that this decline is attributable to perceptions of recent weather changes by the minority of Americans who have been skeptical about climate scientists.

«Our findings prove that there is a strong scientific agreement about the cause of climate change, despite public perceptions to the contrary,» lead author John Cook with the University of Queensland said.

The next steps for Chiapas are to continue to work on better alignment of its policies and incentives, draft a climate change plan that includes REDD and improve its communications on REDD to dispel any negative perceptions about the program and distinguish it from the failed and now cancelled program, says Josefina Braña - Varela.

A variety of denier sources attacked these papers, clouding the public perception about the degree to which climate scientists are sure humans are causing climate change.

There was a gradual improvement in public perception about climate change.

Pew Research Center has asked Americans about their perception of the scientific consensus on climate change in different ways over the years.

A recent study out of Columbia University delved further into the weather's influence on perceptions, and confirmed that people are far less likely to say they're concerned about climate change — or even that they believe it's happening — on unusually cold days.

The goal is not to be correct overall but to alter perceptions about the urgency of doing something about anthropogenic climate change so as to reverse or forestall various policies seen as harmful to certain economic interests.

R Gates «The goal is not to be correct overall but to alter perceptions about the urgency of doing something about anthropogenic climate change so as to reverse or forestall various policies seen as harmful to certain economic interests.»

It's easy for people to get confused about immense inertia of public opinion on climate change because advocacy pollsters are constantly «messaging» an «upsurge,» «shift,» «swing» etc. in public perceptions of climate change.

The only thing holding back climate change is this skewed perception that it's still something to debate about.

The fact is, most people really don't know what the actual climate change issue is, let alone know a lot of detailed, accurate information about it, so all these strong «opinions» — most at odds with the the assertions of the scientists in directly related fields who professionally study this issue — is another indicator that bias and desire and an enormous host of misinformation drives perception on this issue.

Much as in Europe, ideology affects Americans» perceptions about the threat of climate change.

The overriding theme of what came into clearer focus as a result of «climategate» is that disagreements about climate change are not so much about the science, but rather about a clash of underlying values, ideas (e.g. related to risk perception) and ideals.

Prof Reser said the survey was one of the few in - depth studies that really drilled down into public perceptions and understandings about climate change.

The researchers ran about 800 computer models to complete the most comprehensive and specific analysis to date of how personal experience and perceptions of local climate anomalies affect beliefs about climate change.

There are many myths about the climate, and there are many different perceptions of what climate change and global warming are.

response scepticism may also emerge from perceptions that climate change is too large and complex a problem to solve; as well as with wider cynicism about governments, the UN and politics in general.

Controlling for observed conditions, beliefs about global climate change had a large effect on perceptions of seasonal temperature, and smaller effects on perceptions of seasonal precipitation.»

Perceptions of seasonal weather are linked to beliefs about global climate change: evidence from Norway

«What you «believe» about climate change doesn't reflect what you «know,»» argues Dan Kahan, a professor at Yale Law School who studies risk perception.

Perception of Scientists & Evidence Changing But back to the issue of growing scientific evidence of warming: The percentage of people who think most scientists think climate change is happening dropped 13 point to 34 %, while 40 % of the American public believes there is «a lot of disagreement» among scientists about whether warming is happening or not.

So, while national surveys can give us some important information about public perception of climate change, they only form part of the story.

«Our findings prove that there is a strong scientific agreement about the cause of climate change, despite public perceptions to the contrary».

Heartland reports it will consist of «concurrent panel sessions exploring what real climate science is telling us about the causes and consequences of climate change, and the real consequences of choices being made based on the current perceptions of the state of climate science.»