A new study suggests that Americans are increasingly siding with
the vast majority of scientists who say human activity is
altering the earth's climate. 69 percent of respondents to the
poll, commissioned by researchers at Yale University and George
Mason University and conducted by Knowledge Networks, agreed
with the statement that global warming is affecting the weather
in the United States. This past winter has seen witnessed
unprecedented warm weather, with temperatures in the continental
United States exceeding the average by 8.6 degree for March and
6 degrees for the first three months of 2012. That has
contributed to elevated dryness, with all but two states
registering abnormally dry or drought conditions in April and
Connecticut experiencing the driest January to March period on
record. While there is a broad consensus within the scientific
community that humans are spurring climate change, scientists
have been cautious about linking severe weather fluctuations
over the last few years to climate chan