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Research Article

Anthropogenic emissions or just a lot of hot air? Using air pollution to teach quantitative methods to “mathophobic” first-year geography students

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Pages 369-380 | Received 15 Sep 2021, Accepted 19 Feb 2022, Published online: 24 Feb 2022

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