<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><a href="https://time.com/6209432/climate-change-where-we-will-live/" class="">https://time.com/6209432/climate-change-where-we-will-live/</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The adage of adapt-in-place, move, or die applies to people too. We may be underestimating how many now are and will be affected<br class=""><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">
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</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/962606" class="">Just after the U.S. Congress passed the nation's most substantial legislation aimed at battling climate change, a new study shows that the average American badly underestimates how much their fellow citizens support substantive climate policy. While 66-80% of Americans support climate action, the average American believes that number is 37-43%, the study found. The study found that conservatives underestimated national support for climate policies to the greatest degree but, liberals also believed that a minority of Americans support climate action. The misperception was the norm in every state, across policies, and among every demographic tested, including political affiliation, race, media consumption habits, and rural vs. suburban.</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/962606" class="">JOURNAL</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/962606" class="">Nature Communications</a></span></div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Full, more detailed news release</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/962606" class="">https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/962606</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The <i class="">Nature Communications </i>article</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-32412-y.pdf%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank" class="">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-32412-y.pdf</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><b class="">=========================================</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(9, 79, 209);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-environmental-psychology%22%20%5Co%20%22Go%20to%20Journal%20of%20Environmental%20Psychology%20on%20ScienceDirect" class=""><b class="">Journal of Environmental Psychology</b><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(9, 79, 209);" class=""><b class=""></b></span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none; color: #094fd1" class=""><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-environmental-psychology/vol/47/suppl/C%22%20%5Co%20%22Go%20to%20table%20of%20contents%20for%20this%20volume/issue" class="">Volume 47</a></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">, September 2016, Pages 79-90</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: right; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(63, 63, 63);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Climate of silence: Pluralistic ignorance as a barrier to climate change discussion</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(18, 104, 173);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027249441630038X%22%20%5Cl%20%22!" class="">NathanielGeigerJanet K.Swim<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(18, 104, 173);" class=""></span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(18, 104, 173); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(63, 63, 63);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Highlights</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">• Examined the link between pluralistic ignorance on climate change and public silence.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">• Perceptions of holding a minority opinion on climate change led to self-silencing</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">.</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">• This effect was explained by expectations of appearing incompetent.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">• These effects held for participants on both ends of the opinion spectrum.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(63, 63, 63);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Abstract</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(63, 63, 63); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffff0a" class="">Despite the importance of interpersonal public communication about climate change, most citizens rarely discuss the topic. In two studies, we find that inaccurate perceptions of others' opinions (i.e. <i class="">pluralistic ignorance</i>) contribute to self-silencing among those concerned about climate change.</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""> Study 1 illustrates that those who are aware of others' concern about climate change report greater willingness to discuss the issue than those with inaccurate perceptions of others' opinions. Study 2 demonstrates that correcting pluralistic ignorance increases concerned participants' willingness to discuss climate change. In both studies, pluralistic ignorance leads to self-silencing because perceptions that others do not share one's opinion are associated with expecting to be perceived as less competent in a conversation about climate change. In contrast to previous research on confronting prejudice, in the present research expectations about being disliked did not explain self-silencing. </span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">We discuss the implications for self-silencing and promoting interpersonal communication about climate change.</span></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>