Politics eclipses climate extremes for climate change perceptions

摘要: Abstract Whether or not actual shifts in climate influence public perceptions of change remains an open question, one with important implications for societal response to change. We use the most comprehensive opinion survey data on available US examine effects annual and seasonal variation. Our results show that political orientation has effect shaping about timing seriousness Objective climatic conditions do Americans’ only have a negligible These suggest further changes are unlikely produce noticeable perceptions.