Images of Extreme Weather: Symbolising Human Responses to Climate Change

Science as Culture

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 253-276

  Nerlich, Brigitte ^a   Jaspal, Rusi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; extreme weather; images; sociology; visual communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899948611     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505431.2013.846311     Document Type: Article

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