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Poll Finds Most Americans Believe The World Is Warming
Posted by National Public Radio: Eyder Peralta on July 13th, 2012
National Public Radio: A Washington Post-Stanford University poll released today finds that most Americans believe the world is warming.
Here's how the Post wraps up the findings:
"Americans polled by The Post and Stanford do see climate change as occurring: Six in 10 say weather patterns around the world have been more unstable in the past three years than previously, a perception that's changed little since 2006. Nearly as many also say average temperatures were higher during the past three years than before that....
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The Heat, The Fires, The Flooding: Is Climate Change To Blame?
Posted by National Public Radio: Eyder Peralta on July 10th, 2012
National Public Radio: Every time there's been a bout of severe weather, like the heat wave in the northeast, the wild fires in the west and flooding across the U.K, the talk, naturally, turns to climate change.
The big question: How much does global warming have to do with severe weather?
The Guardian has a story today that states unequivocally that "climate change researchers have been able to attribute recent examples of extreme weather to the effects of human activity on the planet's climate systems for the first...