Opportunities and obstacles for television weathercasters to report on climate change

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1457-1465

  Wilson, Kris ^a  

^a The Weather Doctors   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY BOARDS; CLIMATE SCIENTISTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; PEW CENTERS; SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY; WEATHER EVENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GLOBAL WARMING; MILITARY HELICOPTERS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 70450206975     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009BAMS2947.1     Document Type: Review

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