Media Advisory: Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Expert Available to Discuss Increasing Acceptance of Climate Change

Monday, November 6, 2017

Lawrence Hamilton

Lawrence Hamilton, professor of sociology and a senior faculty fellow in the Carsey School

DURHAM, N.H. – A released last Friday by 13 federal agencies found that humans are the dominant cause of a global temperature rise. New research from the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø finds that public acceptance of human-caused climate change is gradually rising.

Lawrence Hamilton, professor of sociology and a senior faculty fellow in the Carsey School, is available to discuss his findings around the impact of recent extreme weather events on shifting public opinion about climate change at Lawrence.Hamilton@unh.edu or (603) 862-1859. Since 2010, 36 nationwide and Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø surveys found that the percentage who say that climate change is happening and is caused mainly by human activities rose from more than 50 percent to 65 percent. A Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø survey last month reached 68 percent.

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