The climate change consensus extends beyond climate scientists

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Carlton, J S ^a,c   Perry Hill, Rebecca ^a   Huber, Matthew ^b   Prokopy, Linda S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change beliefs; climate skepticism; cultural values

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SURVEYS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTRIBUTION; CLIMATE SCIENCE; CLIMATE SCIENTISTS; CLIMATE SKEPTICISM; CULTURAL VALUE; MEAN TEMPERATURE; RISING TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CULTURAL CONFLICT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; POLITICAL CONFLICT; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 84945207315     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/9/094025     Document Type: Article

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