Nearly half of Americans say climate change has become a bigger threat
The increase in sea levels, extreme weather, and wildfires, some of it the result of climate change, has made nearly nearly half of Americans feel more threatened by the changing climate, a poll finds.
Also, for more than a third of Americans, that confluence of events is influencing decisions on where to live.
Those are the results of a National Geographic and Morning Consult poll of 2,200 American adults taken July 1-3.
The responses dovetail with those of readers to similar questions amid the West’s record-breaking heat and drought—and potent early-season wildfires. “We have been considering moving and areas that will suffer the least amount of weather disasters is the deciding factor,” Californian Andrea Venn says. “I had never considered moving to Wisconsin in my life and now that may be a choice. We have always loved living in California but I know the future here will be difficult.”
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/-nearly-half-of-americans-say-climate-change-has-become-a-bigger-threat
