Despite Fulton and Dekalb Counties, Atlanta Metro and Georgia Lags Behind Nation in Recognizing Climate Change 

According to the most recent estimates released in mid-March, the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area has a below-average understanding of the scientific consensus on global warming and its human cause.

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Most scientists think global warming is happening  
Global warming is caused mostly by human activities  
Has personally experienced the effects of global warming  

The estimates were generated from a statistical model that incorporates actual survey responses of >32,000 Americans collected in 2024 as part of the Climate Change in the American Mind project led by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication. These responses are combined with demographic data from the U.S. Census to estimate opinions for different groups of people based on information such as their gender, race and ethnicity, and educational attainment.
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