Geographic variation in opinions on climate change at state and local scales in the USA

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 596-603

  Howe, Peter D ^a   Mildenberger, Matto ^b   Marlon, Jennifer R ^b   Leiserowitz, Anthony ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NATIONAL PLANNING; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RISK PERCEPTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929762234     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2583     Document Type: Article

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