For the past few years, I was fatalistic about public opinions on climate change. But actually slowly the situation has improved. Of course, we can look forward to centuries before climate catastrophe will fade into the background.
As the article from Grist and the Guardian by Kate Yoder points out, changing your mind is not easy. Most people do anything to avoid it!
“All kinds of people are changing their minds” and accepting the science, regardless of age, education level, or political affiliation, said Jennifer Marlon, a research scientist at Yale and an author of the new analysis. “I was surprised to see how consistent it is.”