Earlier this month we showed how media coverage of climate change has been steadily increasing since the November 2018 elections which ushered a new generation of climate-focused Democratic lawmakers into Congress and how the phrase "climate crisis" has been growing in popularity.
Looking more closely at online news coverage, it is interesting to note that from January 2017 through July 2018, coverage of "("climate change" OR "global warming" OR "climate crisis") across worldwide online news coverage was relatively consistent, but since the November 2018 elections, daily volume has tripled, as seen in the timeline below.
It seems global media interest in the topic of climatic change is steadily increasing.