Healthy democratic polities feature competing visions of a good society but also require
some level of cooperation and institutional trust. Democracy is at risk when citizens become …

Standard solutions to the threat of> 1.5° C global average warming are not ambitious
enough to prevent large-scale irreversible loss. Meaningful climate action requires …

Climate change and political polarization are two of the twenty-first century's critical socio-
political issues. Here we investigate their intersection by studying the discussion around the …

This research examines the extent to which four anticipatory emotional reactions (hope,
anxiety, helplessness, and boredom) that arise when contemplating participating in public …

The effects of education on people's climate change beliefs vary as a function of political
ideology: for those on the political left, education is related to pro-climate change beliefs …

It remains unclear how COVID-19 has affected public engagement with the climate crisis.
According to the finite-pool-of-worry hypothesis, concern about climate change should have …

Partisanship is one of the largest and most studied social barriers to climate change
mitigation in the United States. Here we expand conceptualizations of 'left-right'or 'Democrat …

Highlights•Experience with extreme weather does not consistently change climate change
opinions.•Existing opinions shape the effect of experience on climate beliefs.•More severe …

Polarization in the United States and around the world is of growing concern. Polarization is
about more than just differences in opinions in society. It occurs when groups increasingly …

Americans increasingly accept that global warming is happening and a serious threat. Using
secondary data from national probability surveys of the US adult population and …