U.S. Climate Has Already Changed, Study Finds, Citing Heat and Floods - NYTimes.com
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The effects of human-induced climate change are being felt in every corner of the United States, scientists reported Tuesday, with water growing scarcer in dry regions, torrential rains increasing in wet regions, heat waves becoming more common and more severe, wildfires growing worse, and forests dying under assault from heat-loving insects.
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Americans Are Outliers in Views on Climate Change - NYTimes.com
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As President Obama sets out to convince the public that climate change requires immediate attention, he has his work cut out for him.
Perhaps more than people in any other rich nation, Americans are skeptical that climate change is a dire issue. In Pew Research Center surveys conducted last spring, 40 percent of Americans said that global climate change was a major threat to their country. More than 50 percent of Canadians, Australians, French and Germans gave that answer. More than 60 percent of Italians and Spaniards did. And more than 70 percent of Japanese did.