I find that during this period, there has been a major increase in popular support for democracy, a sizable rise in concerns about inequality, and a fall in support for political Islam.
The increased use of nanomaterials in several novel industrial applications during the last decade has led to a rise in concerns about the potential toxic effects of released engineered nanoparticles (NPs) into the environment, as their potential toxicity to aquatic organisms is just beginning to be recognised.
We have also seen a significant rise in concerns about housing, low wages and poverty since the 2010 election.
The charity also saw a rise in concerns about self-harming, while depression and difficult family relationships were the top reasons for seeking help.
Democrats are typically more concerned than Republicans about the health care issue, but distance has increased from a gap of 7 to 8 percentage points in early February to 17 points on this survey, with the sharp rise in concerns about health care in the past week coming mostly from Democrats.
Particularly, after President Erdogan's recent words that if Turkey takes its place in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), this "will allow Turkey to act more freely", there has been an incredible rise in concerns and questions about whether Turkey may leave the Western security bloc and split from the West.
The modes were one grade above the EU guideline suggested: 45% of the participants considered 1 out of 200 common (which is "uncommon" as per EU) and 34% consider 1 out of 4,000 uncommon (which is "rare" as per EU) The last decade has seen a significant rise in concerns about how risk is communicated [ 3- 6].
While some see a tipping point in a sudden surge in worry about global warming, a long steady background rise in concern may be a better metric.
The shifts parallel a rise in concern about racial equality in the years after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in 2014 in Ferguson, Mo., which sparked protests over police treatment of black Americans across the country.
The Rev. John E. Hiemstra, the council's executive director, said the trip followed a rise in concern among local clergy members about reports that Christian minorities were suffering discrimination and persecution in some Asian and Middle Eastern nations.
