Skeptical Science New Research for Week #5 2026Posted on 29 January 2026 by Doug Bostrom, Marc KodackOpen access notablesAre Hibernators Toast? Global Climate Change and Prolonged Seasonal Hibernation, Dausmann & Cooper, Global Change BiologyThis review examines the multifaceted implications of global climate change on mammalian hibernators, emphasizing physiological, ecological and phenological impacts. Americans are more likely to think climate change will be harmful to the world than to them personally, Jamie Ballard, YouGovA new YouGov survey on climate change and the environment finds that many Americans foresee dire consequences to climate change and experience anxiety or grief when they think about climate change, but few believe they personally will be harmed greatly by climate change. When combining the observation-based analysis with climate models to quantify the role of climate change in the 3-day heat event, the authors conclude that climate change made the extreme heat about 1.6°C hotter. Americans are more likely to think climate change will be harmful to the world than to them personally, Jamie Ballard, YouGovA new YouGov survey on climate change and the environment finds that many Americans foresee dire consequences to climate change and experience anxiety or grief when they think about climate change, but few believe they personally will be harmed greatly by climate change.