Politics eclipses climate extremes for climate change perceptions

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 246-257

  Marquart Pyatt, Sandra T ^a   McCright, Aaron M ^a   Dietz, Thomas ^a   Dunlap, Riley E ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate change perceptions; Climate extremes index; Political orientation; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FUTURE PROSPECT; PERCEPTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84923284926     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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