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A 15-nation poll conducted in 2006, by Pew Global found that there "is a substantial gap in concern over global warming—roughly two-thirds of Japanese (66%) and Indians (65%) say they personally worry a great deal about global warming. Roughly half of the populations of Spain (51%) and France (46%) also express great concern over global ...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has organized many of the risks of climate change into five "reasons for concern." [1] [2] The reasons for concern show that these risks increase with increases in the Earth's global mean temperature (i.e., global warming).
The controversies are, by now, mostly political rather than scientific: there is a scientific consensus that global warming is happening and is caused by human activity. [2] Public debates that also reflect scientific debate include estimates of how responsive the climate system might be to any given level of greenhouse gases (climate sensitivity).
People who belong to the biospheric group expressed the most concern about ecological stress or grief, i.e., a form of grief related to worries about the state of the world's environment, [56] and engage in ecological coping – ecological coping includes connection to community, expression of sorrow and grief, shifting focus to controllable ...
This concept of climate or ecological anxiety and grief is far-reaching due to the extensive awareness about climate change that is made possible through technology and global communication. [23] Climate change is an ongoing global threat that is largely characterized by uncertainty and lack of understanding.
As the planet’s surface heats up, this can cause them to thin or dissipate entirely, setting up a complicated feedback loop where low clouds are disappearing because of global warming, and their ...
The shutting down of the current would also mean that warm water in the middle latitudes would get even warmer, potentially giving rise to more tropical storms and hurricanes.
Over 70% of Americans aged 18 to 34 worry about global warming compared with 62% of those 35 to 54 and 56% who are 55 or older. [115] Corner claims that across European countries, young people tend to have similar or higher levels of concern than adults and have a higher sense of risk perception. [115]