Climate Reality Bites: Gen-Xers Don’t Care Much About Global Warming - John Upton

Members of Generation X are responding in a disturbing way to climate change — with a big, collective shrug of indifference.  Only 22 percent expressed “high concern” about climate change in a 2011 survey [PDF] of about 3,000 Gen-Xers in their late 30s. This despite the fact that “Generation X is the most scientifically literate and best educated generation in American history,” according to lead researcher Jon D. Miller.

Ooh, more disappointing news for you: The latest survey results indicate that Generation Xers with children actually pay less attention to climate change news than other members of their generation.  Miller attributed that surprising finding to the heavy demands of parenting in modern America.

David Herring, a science communicator in NOAA’s climate office, said mainstream media’s coverage of climate change confuses many people and causes them to tune the topic out of their minds.

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