Ninety-seven percent of climate scientists agree that climate change is real and exacerbated by human beings (van der Linden, Leiserowitz, Feinberg, Maibach 2015). One of the common beliefs …show more content…
Gallup found that there were some common factors separating these groups. One of the largest contrasts discovered was that one hundred percent of concerned believers feel that climate change is man made, while one hundred percent of cool skeptics believe that the events of global warming are natural changes in the planet. Furthermore concerned believers are more likely to feel that the news on global warming is either correct or underestimated. Cool skeptics on the other hand think that the news on climate change is greatly exaggerated. Age is another issue between the groups. Concerned believers are likely to be younger than fifty and align with the Democratic party, while cool skeptics are likely to be over fifty and