Popular consensus: Climate change is set to continue

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 460-463

  Lewandowsky, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate change; graphical perception; judgmental forecasting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; TEMPERATURE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954469612     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611402515     Document Type: Article

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