According to an April 2024 survey on climate change conducted in the United States, some 70 percent of the respondents claimed they believed that global warming was happening. A much smaller share, 13 percent, believed global warming was not happening.
Share of adults who believe global warming is happening in the United States from 2008 to 2024
The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Do you think that global warming is happening?".
* Number of survey respondents for previous years:
• March 2021: Fielded March 18 – 29 (N = 1,037)
• April 2020: Fielded April 7 – 17 (N = 1,029)
• November 2019: Fielded November 8 – November 20 (N = 1,303)
• December 2018: Fielded November 28 – December 11 (N = 1,114)
• March 2018: Fielded March 7 – 24 (N = 1,278)
• October 2017: Fielded October 20 – November 1 (N = 1,304)
• November 2016: Fielded November 18 – December 1 (N = 1,226)
• October 2015: Fielded September 30 – October 19 (N = 1,330)
• October 2014: Fielded October 17 – 28 (N = 1,275)
• November 2013: Fielded November 23 – December 9 (N = 830)
• September 2012: Fielded August 31 – September 12 (N = 1,061)
• November 2011: Fielded October 20 – November 16 (N = 1,000)
• June 2010: Fielded May 14 – June 1 (N = 1,024)
• November 2008: Fielded October 7 – November 12 (N = 2,164).
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Center For Climate Change Communication, & Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. (July 31, 2024). Share of adults who believe global warming is happening in the United States from 2008 to 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/663247/belief-of-global-warming-according-to-us-adults/
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Center For Climate Change Communication & Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Share of adults who believe global warming is happening in the United States from 2008 to 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/663247/belief-of-global-warming-according-to-us-adults/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Share of adults who believe global warming is happening in the United States from 2008 to 2024 [Graph], Center For Climate Change Communication, & Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, July 31, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/663247/belief-of-global-warming-according-to-us-adults/
