Poll: Climate Change in the American Mind: October 2017

A majority (63%) of Americans are worried about global warming, including 22% who are “very worried”, the highest percentage reporting that level of concern since this ongoing survey was first run in 2008. The survey also found 64% of Americans think global warming is affecting the weather, and 33% think weather is being affected “a lot”, an 8 percentage point increase from May 2017. 38% of Americans say they’re talking about climate change with friends and family “often” or “occasionally”, a 12 point increase from May, but still far less than the 62% who “rarely” or “never” discuss it. Only 5% say humans can and will successfully reduce global warming.