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Many Americans underestimate health risks of extreme weather, new study finds (phys.org)
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A changing climate increases the health risks posed by extreme weather. However, according to the 2024 Yale Climate Opinion Maps, only 47% of U.S. survey participants believed that global warming would harm them personally.

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[–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

For starters it’s an article in 2026, talking about a study from 2024. And conflates global warming awareness with heat awareness.

After this summer I don’t think anyone is unaware of the risks of heat and smoke and drought.

edit: did some digging. it's not a real survey, it's an estimate of what they think people think.

"The estimates are derived from a statistical model using multilevel regression with post-stratification (MRP) on a large national survey dataset, along with demographic and geographic population characteristics."

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    You'd be wrong about people being aware. I've seen people jogging in 150+ AQI from fires and most people not wearing masks.

    People are very blissfully unaware.

    But yeah, a real survey would be a much better source of information.

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