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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.07.006
	Do people "personally experience" global warming, and if so how, and does it matter?
	Akerlof K.; Maibach E.W.; Fitzgerald D.; Cedeno A.Y.; Neuman A.
发表日期	2013
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	23 期号:1
英文摘要	For most people, the direct and personally observable signals of climate change should be difficult to detect amid the variability of everyday weather. Yet, previous research has shown that some people believe they have personally experienced global warming. Through four related studies, our paper sheds light on what signals of global warming some people believe they are detecting, why, and whether or not it matters. These studies were conducted using population survey and climatic data from a single county in Michigan. Study 1 found that 27% of the county's adult residents felt that they had personally experienced global warming. Study 2 - based on content analysis of people's open-ended responses - found that the most frequently described personal experiences of global warming were changes in seasons (36%), weather (25%), lake levels (24%), animals and plants (20%), and snowfall (19%). Study 3 - based on NOAA climatic data - found that most, but not all, of these detected signals are borne out in the climatic record. Study 4 - using the survey data - found that personal experience of global warming matters in that it predicts perceptions of local risk of global warming, controlling for demographics, political affiliation, and cultural beliefs about national policy outcomes. We conclude that perceived personal experience of global warming appears to heighten people's perception of the risks, likely through some combination of direct experience, vicarious experience (e.g., news media stories), and social construction. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
英文关键词	Climate change; Experience; Global warming; Risk perception; Survey
学科领域	climate change; environmental policy; NOAA satellite; risk perception; satellite data; Michigan; United States; Animalia
语种	英语
scopus关键词	climate change; environmental policy; NOAA satellite; risk perception; satellite data; Michigan; United States; Animalia
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117984
作者单位	Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States; Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States; Department of Communication, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States; Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States; New Century College, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Akerlof K.,Maibach E.W.,Fitzgerald D.,et al. Do people "personally experience" global warming, and if so how, and does it matter?[J],2013,23(1).
APA	Akerlof K.,Maibach E.W.,Fitzgerald D.,Cedeno A.Y.,&Neuman A..(2013).Do people "personally experience" global warming, and if so how, and does it matter?.Global Environmental Change,23(1).
MLA	Akerlof K.,et al."Do people "personally experience" global warming, and if so how, and does it matter?".Global Environmental Change 23.1(2013).