Based on a November 2019 survey, some 64 percent of Americans believed that climate change had worsened the melting of Greenland ice sheets, whereas 25 percent of respondents believed that climate change had not made California wildfires worse.
Percentage of Americans who think climate change made extreme weather events worse as of November 2019*
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, & Center For Climate Change Communication. (December 16, 2019). Percentage of Americans who think climate change made extreme weather events worse as of November 2019* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/240210/americans-who-are-concerned-about-extreme-weather-events/
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, und Center For Climate Change Communication. "Percentage of Americans who think climate change made extreme weather events worse as of November 2019*." Chart. December 16, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/240210/americans-who-are-concerned-about-extreme-weather-events/
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Center For Climate Change Communication. (2019). Percentage of Americans who think climate change made extreme weather events worse as of November 2019*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/240210/americans-who-are-concerned-about-extreme-weather-events/
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, and Center For Climate Change Communication. "Percentage of Americans Who Think Climate Change Made Extreme Weather Events Worse as of November 2019*." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/240210/americans-who-are-concerned-about-extreme-weather-events/
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication & Center For Climate Change Communication, Percentage of Americans who think climate change made extreme weather events worse as of November 2019* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/240210/americans-who-are-concerned-about-extreme-weather-events/ (last visited May 02, 2024)
Percentage of Americans who think climate change made extreme weather events worse as of November 2019* [Graph], Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, & Center For Climate Change Communication, December 16, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/240210/americans-who-are-concerned-about-extreme-weather-events/