Around 70 percent of Americans think that global warming is happening but not many Americans think that other Americans do. Only about 20 percent of Americans think that over 70 percent of Americans think that global warming is happening. Far more think that less than half of Americans believe in global warming.
Do other Americans believe in global warming?*
Share of U.S. adults who think global warming is happening
* Original question: "To the best of your knowledge, what percentage of adults in the United States (18 years or older) think that global warming is happening? "
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, & George Mason University. (May 18, 2020). Do other Americans believe in global warming?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119240/prevalence-of-global-warming-according-to-us-adults/
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, und George Mason University. "Do other Americans believe in global warming?*." Chart. May 18, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119240/prevalence-of-global-warming-according-to-us-adults/
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, George Mason University. (2020). Do other Americans believe in global warming?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119240/prevalence-of-global-warming-according-to-us-adults/
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, and George Mason University. "Do Other Americans Believe in Global Warming?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119240/prevalence-of-global-warming-according-to-us-adults/
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Do other Americans believe in global warming?* [Graph], Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, & George Mason University, May 18, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119240/prevalence-of-global-warming-according-to-us-adults/