A Growing Majority Sees Climate Change as Dangerous
Share of US adults who think that a rise in the world's temperature caused by climate change is very dangerous, somewhat dangerous, or not dangerous
A stacked bar chart showing the level of danger respondents associate with a rise in global temperatures due to climate change, by year. Dark blue indicates “extremely or very dangerous,” teal indicates “somewhat dangerous,” and red indicates “not dangerous.” In 2010, 49 percent said very dangerous, 31.4 percent said somewhat dangerous, and 19.5 percent said not dangerous. By 2021, 59.3 percent said very dangerous, 28.4 percent said somewhat dangerous, and 12.2 percent said not dangerous.
Extremely or very dangerous
Somewhat dangerous
Not dangerous
