In November and December 2018, a series of surveys were carried out by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University for Climate Change Communication. The study, conducted online by Ipsos, surveyed 1,114 American adults.
The findings were the following:
More and more people believe that global warming is caused by humans. About 41% of survey respondents said they discussed it among family and friends and 56% said they heard about the topic in the news at least once a month.
This is all very true, as we witnessed the wildfires in California last year, and the hurricanes Florence and Michael. These catastrophes are all evidence of climate change influencing weather events. Global warming has led to more frequent wildfires and more destructive hurricanes.