Nature Communications - A new study finds that Americans underestimate how many are concerned about climate change as well as support for major climate policies by nearly half, with climate policy...

Specifically, 80–90% of Americans underestimate the prevalence of support for major climate change mitigation policies and climate concern. While 66–80% Americans support these policies, Americans estimate the prevalence to only be between 37–43% on average. Thus, supporters of climate policies outnumber opponents two to one, while Americans falsely perceive nearly the opposite to be true.