Tension between scientific certainty and meaning complicates communication of IPCC reports

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 753-756

  Hollin, G J S ^a   Pearce, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNICATION; COMPLEXITY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84937829564     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2672     Document Type: Article

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