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https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-1-9-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-1-9-2018
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10 Oct 2018
Research article |  | 10 Oct 2018

Representing the majority and not the minority: the importance of the individual in communicating climate change

Sam Illingworth, Alice Bell, Stuart Capstick, Adam Corner, Piers Forster, Rosie Leigh, Maria Loroño Leturiondo, Catherine Muller, Harriett Richardson, and Emily Shuckburgh

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