One-third of people [in USA] believe the world will end in their lifetime

One-third of people believe the world will end in their lifetime

Beliefs about the end of the world may influence how people judge climate change, pandemics, and other major global risks.

One result cut against the old idea that apocalyptic believers simply stop caring about the future.

Instead, people who expected the end soon often supported stronger intervention, especially when they thought human actions were driving it.

That response challenges the simpler story that end-times believers only shrink their time horizon and stop investing in tomorrow.