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After the storms, a different opinion on climate change
2013-09-19 06:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EurekAlert: Extreme weather may lead people to think more seriously about climate change, according to new research. In the wake of Hurricanes Irene and Sandy, New Jersey residents were more likely to show support for a politician running on a "green" platform, and expressed a greater belief that climate change is caused by human activity. This research, published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that traumatic weather events may have the power to...
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