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A r u b a ’ s O N L Y E n g l i s h n e w s p a p e r
Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper
After summer’s extreme weather, more Americans see climate

change as a culprit, AP-NORC poll shows

By TAMMY WEBBER and
LINLEY SANDERS
Associated Press
Kathleen Maxwell has lived
in Phoenix for more than 20
years, but this summer was
the first time she felt fear,
as daily high temperatures
soared to 110 degrees or
hotter and kept it up for a
record-shattering 31 con-
secutive days. “It’s always
been really hot here, but
nothing like this past sum-
mer,” said Maxwell, 50, who
last week opened her win-
dows for the first time since
March and walked her dog
outdoors for the first time
since May. “I was seriously
scared. Like, what if this
doesn’t end and this is how
it’s going to be?” Maxwell
blames climate change,
and she’s not alone.
New polling from The Asso-
ciated Press-NORC Center
for Public Affairs Research
indicates that extreme
weather, including a sum- Sweat covers the face of Juan Carlos Biseno after dancing to music from his headphones as afternoon temperatures reach 115
mer that brought danger- degrees Fahrenheit (46.1 Celsius), July 19, 2023, in Calexico, Calif. Associated Press
ous heat for much of the
United States, is bolster- About 9 in 10 Americans the past five years — in- 79% who said that just a change is at least partly to
ing Americans’ belief that (87%) say they have ex- cluding drought, extreme few months ago in April. blame.
they’ve personally felt the perienced at least one heat, severe storms, wild- And about three-quarters
impact of climate change. extreme weather event in fires or flooding — up from of those believe climate Continued on Page 2