Effective media reporting of sea level rise projections: 1989-2009

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Rick, U K ^a   Boykoff, M T ^a   Pielke, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; communication; media studies; science policy; sea level rise

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; GREENHOUSE GASES; SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE; INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION; INTERNATIONAL POLICIES; MEDIA STUDIES; SCIENCE POLICIES; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SEA LEVEL RISE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 79952922318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/6/1/014004     Document Type: Article

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