Global perceptions of local temperature change

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 352-356

  Howe, Peter D ^a   Markowitz, Ezra M ^b   Lee, Tien Ming ^a,c   Ko, Chia Ying ^a,d   Leiserowitz, Anthony ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MITIGATION; PERCEPTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 84875736556     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1768     Document Type: Article

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