Less than a year after extreme weather events like Hurricane Sandy and severe droughts ravaged American communities, it was welcome news that President Obama included climate change adaptation as a central component of his new Climate Action Plan. Extreme weather is on the rise, and last year showed us far too often what can happen when we are not prepared.

You can read the full report here, but here are a few highlights:

• Nearly six in ten Americans believe climate change “is affecting weather in the United States.”
• Just 10% of Americans don’t believe climate change is real.
• Two out of three Americans believe the nation’s weather has grown worse in the past few years.
• A large majority of Americans – 85% – say they experienced extreme weather in the last year.

Source: http://www.edf.org/blog/2013/06/26/extreme-weather-changing-minds-climate