American belief in global warming reaches 10-year high

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American belief in global warming reaches 10-year high
By: Ben Geman3 hours ago
RE: https://www.axios.com/united-states-...b807ce6b8.html

The share of Americans who see solid evidence of global warming is at a 10-year high, and the acceptance of human impact has also trended upward, new polling data shows.

Why it matters: The latest from the ongoing series of University of Michigan and Muhlenberg College polls shows the public, as a whole, is getting slightly closer to endorsing consensus science on human-caused warming, but still remains far, far from full acceptance.

As Americans Experienced the Warmest
May on Record Their Acceptance of Global
Warming Reaches a New High
a report from the National Surveys on Energy and Environment (7-page report on link below.
Number 37 | July 2018
Issues in Energy and Environmental Policy
RE: http://closup.umich.edu/files/ieep-n...ate-belief.pdf

Key Findings:

1. More Americans think that there is solid evidence of global warming than at anytime since 2008 with 73%
maintaining this view in the latest version of the NSEE conducted in late April and May of 2018.

2. A record 60% of Americans now think that global warming is happening and that humans are at least partially
responsible for the rising temperatures.

3. While half of Republicans think that there is solid evidence of global warming, the divide between the 90% of
Democrats that hold this view and the 50% of Republicans that maintain this position is as large as anytime since
2008.

4. The divide between Democrats and Republicans on the existence of anthropogenic induced global warming is
also at record levels with 78% of Democrats now holding the view that humans are at least partially responsible for
warming on the planet compared to only 35% of Rep