Between hype and decline: Recent trends in public perception of climate change

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 18, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-8

  Ratter, Beate M W ^a,b   Philipp, Katharina H I ^a   Von Storch, Hans ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Decline; Global warming; Hamburg survey; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MASS MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 84857672438     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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