Did the arctic ice recover? Demographics of true and false climate facts

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 236-249

  Hamilton, Lawrence C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ICE COVER; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874171341     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-12-00008.1     Document Type: Article

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