Peter Howe, Utah State University (IMAGE) Utah State University Caption Peter Howe, assistant professor of human-environment geography at Utah State University, is among a multi-institution team that studied Americans' beliefs about climate change. Howe generated a public option dataset based on a statistical model of more than 12,000 survey respondents across the nation. Credit Mary-Ann Muffoletto/Utah State University Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.