Public knowledge and concern about polar-region warming

Polar Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-168

  Hamilton, Lawrence C ^a   Cutler, Matthew J ^a   Schaefer, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; IDEOLOGY; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; POLAR REGION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84868132660     PISSN: 1088937X     EISSN: 19390513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1088937X.2012.684155     Document Type: Article

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