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The weather today rocks or sucks for my tree: exploring the understanding of climate impacts on forests at high school level through tweets
Institut für Geographie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen–Nürnberg (FAU), 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Jan C. Schubert
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Lehrstuhl für Didaktik der Geographie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen–Nürnberg (FAU), 90478 Nuremberg, Germany
Annette Debel
Institut für Geographie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen–Nürnberg (FAU), 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Steffen Höhnle
Lehrstuhl für Didaktik der Geographie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen–Nürnberg (FAU), 90478 Nuremberg, Germany
Kathy Steppe
Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Sibille Wehrmann
Institut für Geographie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen–Nürnberg (FAU), 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Achim Bräuning
Institut für Geographie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen–Nürnberg (FAU), 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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