Scientific American: As a sociologist, J. Gordon Arbuckle Jr. spends a lot of time studying what shapes farmers' views and responses to climate change. It's a subject that has not gotten much attention, even as more research focuses on how to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and how to make farming more resilient to the impacts of extreme weather.
"Our research so far has shown pretty clearly that although most farmers believe that climate change is occurring, a minority attribute it to human activity,"...