Overcoming skepticism with education: interacting influences of worldview and climate change knowledge on perceived climate change risk among adolescents

Climatic Change

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 293-304

  Stevenson, Kathryn T ^a   Peterson, M Nils ^a   Bondell, Howard D ^a   Moore, Susan E ^a   Carrier, Sarah J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING;

ANTHROPOGENIC GLOBAL WARMING; CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS; KNOWLEDGE LEVEL; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS; NORTH CAROLINA , USA; PERCENTAGE POINTS; SCIENCE LITERACY; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 84919877299     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1228-7     Document Type: Article

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