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Climate Science Glossary
Return to glossary listEcker et al. (2022)
Also: Ecker et al. 2022
The psychological drivers of misinformation belief and its resistance to correction
Ecker, U.K., Lewandowsky, S., Cook, J., Schmid, P., Fazio, L.K., Brashier, N., Kendeou, P., Vraga, E.K. & Amazeen, M.A. (2022). The psychological drivers of misinformation belief and its resistance to correction. Nature Reviews Psychology. 1(1),13-29. PDF
https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-021-00006-y
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All IPCC definitions taken from Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Annex I, Glossary, pp. 941-954. Cambridge University Press.
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