Experts say climate change is making extreme weather events more frequent and severe, but that our attitudes and actions haven't kept up.

Americans see a troubling pattern in extreme weather - both in hindsight and on the horizon, according to new polling. In the latest Ipsos/USA Today survey, most respondents said they foresee extreme weather events becoming more frequent in the years ahead.

Researchers agree that climate change has made torrential downpours more frequent—but the science gets murky when examining how strong the link is between an extreme event and climate change.