Contribution of anthropology to the study of climate change

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 541-544

  Barnes, Jessica ^a   Dove, Michael ^a   Lahsen, Myanna ^b   Mathews, Andrew ^c   McElwee, Pamela ^d   McIntosh, Roderick ^e   Moore, Frances ^f   O'Reilly, Jessica ^g   Orlove, Ben ^h   Puri, Rajindra ⁱ   Weiss, Harvey ^e   Yager, Karina ^j  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b Center for Earth System Science   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^j NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FIELDWORK; HOLISTIC APPROACH; MITIGATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

EID: 84878584321     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1775     Document Type: Review

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