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Olivia Keyes
Olivia is a sophomore from Upstate New York and lives with her 2 dogs. She is double majoring in History and Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies. Currently, she is working on a Traveler’s Lab project creating a chrono-spatial map of Constantinople using nodegoat.
Abstract: Belief in global warming is not necessarily dependent on being able to associate experiences caused by global warming to global warming. However, by studying extreme occurrences of weather, an understanding can be gained regarding what physical, measurable, occurrences might cause belief in global warming. This analysis was conducted using the Fall 2017 National Survey on Energy and the Environment and a secondary dataset, “Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters” from NOAA. 929 survey responses were collected across the United States and 92 individual weather events were recorded. Chi-Square analysis shows that belief in global warming is not significantly associated with the number of extreme weather events, but is significantly associated with the perceived impact of global warming and the level of confidence in belief or non-belief. Multivariate analysis suggests that level of confidence in belief or non-belief in global warming and perceived impact of global warming were both associated with belief in global warming after controlling for comorbidity. This study was only looking at extreme weather events that cause over $1 billion in damages and costs, and there might be other visible signs of global warming (e.g., crop patterns, temperature changes, water levels) that can be associated with belief in global warming.
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