Do weather fluctuations cause people to seek information about climate change?

Climatic Change

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 291-303

  Lang, Corey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEARCH ENGINES;

CLIMATE SCIENCE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET SEARCHES; MITIGATION POLICIES; POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES; REVEALED PREFERENCE; SEARCH ACTIVITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84905406706     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1180-6     Document Type: Article

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