Global warming: How skepticism became denial

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-50

  Weart, Spencer ^a  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climategate; Denial; Global warming; Greenhouse effect; History; Skeptic

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954542879     PISSN: 00963402     EISSN: 19383282     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0096340210392966     Document Type: Article

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