Promoting interdisciplinarity through climate change education

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 713-716

  McCright, Aaron M ^a   O'Shea, Brian W ^a   Sweeder, Ryan D ^a   Urquhart, Gerald R ^a   Zeleke, Aklilu ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EDUCATION REFORM; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STUDENT;

EID: 84880870525     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1844     Document Type: Review

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