Climate change: a profile of US climate scientists' perspectives Academic Article

abstract

• Climate scientists have played a significant role in investigating global climate change. In the USA, a debate has swirled about whether a consensus on climate change exists among reputable scientists and this has entered the policy process. In order to better understand the views of US climate scientists, we conducted an empirical survey of US climate scientists (N = 468) in 2005, and compared the results with the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) physical science report and policy summaries. Our results reveal that survey respondents generally agree about the nature, causes, and consequences of climate change, and are in agreement with IPCC findings. We also found that there is strong support for a variety of policy initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 2009 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

authors

• Vedlitz, Arnold

published proceedings

• CLIMATIC CHANGE

altmetric score

• 15.75

author list (cited authors)

• Rosenberg, S., Vedlitz, A., Cowman, D. F., & Zahran, S.

citation count

• 47

complete list of authors

• Rosenberg, Stacy||Vedlitz, Arnold||Cowman, Deborah F||Zahran, Sammy

publication date

• August 2010

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Climatic Change: an interdisciplinary, international journal devoted to the description, causes and implications of climatic change  Journal

keywords

• 13 Climate Action
• 44 Human Society
• 4407 Policy And Administration
• 50 Philosophy And Religious Studies

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/s10584-009-9709-9

start page

• 311

end page

• 329

volume

• 101

issue

• 3-4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-009-9709-9

user-defined tag

• 13 Climate Action