By Ben Geman - 05/01/13 10:38 AM ET


Fifty-eight percent of U.S. residents believe global warming is affecting the country's weather and a substantial number of people say it has made various extreme weather events “more severe.”

Those are among the findings of the latest joint survey by Yale University’s Project on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication.

“Many Americans believe global warming made recent extreme weather and climatic events ‘more severe,' specifically: 2012 as the warmest year on record in the United States (50%); the ongoing drought in the Midwest and the Great Plains (49%); Superstorm Sandy (46%); and Superstorm Nemo (42%),” a summary of the research states.

The survey of 1,045 adults conducted in mid-April has a margin of error of plus-or-minus 3 percentage points. You can view the full report here.

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