Relationships among conspiratorial beliefs, conservatism and climate scepticism across nations

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 614-620

  Hornsey, Matthew J ^a   Harris, Emily A ^a   Fielding, Kelly S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTALISM; IDEOLOGY; MITIGATION; PERCEPTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85046540526     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41558-018-0157-2     Document Type: Article

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