Beyond the tipping point: Understanding perceptions of abrupt climate change and their implications

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-60

  Bellamy, Rob ^a   Hulme, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84856009244     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011WCAS1081.1     Document Type: Article

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