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Fewer Americans doubt climate change - but confidence is up on both sides

The Christian Science Monitor: Two-thirds of all Americans are confident that climate change is real, and well-supported by evidence, according to a new National Survey on Energy and Environment (NSEE), a twice-yearly study from the University of Michigan and Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the number of respondents who say there is no solid evidence of global warming is at a record low: just 15 percent, versus 24 percent one year ago.

The NSEE has been measuring public opinion on climate change since 2008, when 72 percent of respondents said global warming was a reality. But with the early months of 2016 marking some of the hottest in human memory, and election season now in full swing, the results of this year's survey may be especially telling.

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