On social media, Gen Z and Millennial adults interact more with climate change content than older generations
Among U.S. social media users, 45% of Gen Z adults have interacted with content that focuses on the need for action on climate change.
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Among U.S. social media users, 45% of Gen Z adults have interacted with content that focuses on the need for action on climate change.
GOP moderates and younger adults generally offer more support for action to address climate change than conservatives and older adults.
Majorities of Americans say the federal government, businesses and other actors are doing too little to reduce the effects of climate change.
Among Republicans, support for increasing reliance on solar power is down from 84% last year to 73% today.
Majorities of Americans support an array of measures to address climate change but stop short of a full break with fossil fuels.
No more than half of Americans say they think solar geoengineering and cloud seeding would make a difference in reducing the effects of climate change.
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One-in-ten U.S. adults say they have taken part in citizen science in the past year, and 26% say they have ever done so.
The most common age was 11 for Hispanics, 27 for blacks and 29 for Asians as of last July. Multiracial Americans were by far the youngest racial or ethnic group.
Republicans ages 18 to 39 are more likely than their GOP elders to think humans have a large role in climate change.
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