Climate change: A profile of US climate scientists' perspectives

Climatic Change

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-329

  Rosenberg, Stacy ^a   Vedlitz, Arnold ^b   Cowman, Deborah F ^c   Zahran, Sammy ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SCIENTISTS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; PHYSICAL SCIENCE; POLICY INITIATIVES; POLICY PROCESS;

GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

SURVEYS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; SURVEY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955054640     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9709-9     Document Type: Article

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