Majority of Americans Believe Climate is Warming, Weather Less Stable

Yale Environment 360: The majority of Americans believe the climate is getting warmer and that global weather patterns are becoming more unstable, according to a new poll. In a poll conducted by the Washington Post and Stanford University last month, six in 10 respondents said that weather patterns have been more unstable during the last three years than in the past; almost as many respondents said that average temperatures had increased during the last three years. According to the poll, more than half believe that "a...

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