The effect of information provision on public consensus about climate change

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Deryugina, Tatyana ^a   Shurchkov, Olga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL BELIEF; TRUST; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSENSUS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 84963719015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151469     Document Type: Article

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