When do extreme weather events generate attention to climate change?

Climatic Change

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 227-241

  Sisco, Matthew R ^a   Bosetti, Valentina ^b,c   Weber, Elke U ^d  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate attention; Extreme weather; Social media

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES; WIND;

CLIMATE ATTENTION; CLIMATE POLICY; COASTAL FLOODS; EXTREME WEATHER; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; SOCIAL MEDIA; STRONG WINDS; WEATHER EVENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXTREME EVENT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FLOOD; SNOW COVER; SOCIAL MEDIA; WILDFIRE; WIND VELOCITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85019764078     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-017-1984-2     Document Type: Article

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