There must be more: Communication to close the cultural divide

The Adaptive Challenge of Climate Change

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 287-310

  Moser, Susanne C ^a,b   Berzonsky, Carol L ^c  

^a Susanne Moser Research and Consulting   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; POLARIZATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

NATURAL PHENOMENA; NEGATIVE SENTIMENTS; POLITICAL INFLUENCES; POLITICIZATION OF SCIENCE; PUBLIC OPINIONS; PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84954271476     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139149389.017     Document Type: Chapter

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