Abstract
Among the strongest predictors of climate change awareness in the U.S., outside partisan filters, is education level. Here we show how, in the U.S., perceptible climate warming increased the effect that education, but not health risk, has on climate concern. Our interpretation is that because education provides capacity to interpret perceived warming, the more warming the greater the effect of education on levels of climate concern.
Presenters
R. Alexander BentleyProfessor, Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Tennessee, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Technical, Political, and Social Responses
KEYWORDS
Climate beliefs, Education, Social Memory, Warming
