The results are in! According to the annual St. Cloud State University survey the majority of adults in Minnesota believe climate change is happening and the state should take action.

For the past 35 years SCSU has been conducting a state-wide survey asking questions about relevant political and social issues. This year’s environmental topic was climate change.

According to the survey, 88 percent of Minnesotans believe climate change is happening right now. When they were asked about the cause, 57 percent believe climate change is caused by humans while 31 percent say the change is natural. Finally, 78 percent of people surveyed think addressing climate change is an important or very important issue.

The SCSU survey is led by a team of St. Cloud State faculty and student directors who design the questions then analyze the results. This year’s responses were taken from 623 randomly-selected landlines and cellphones from Oct. 12-22.