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Environmental Communication Forum: Debating Climate Science Consensus Messaging

Response by Cook to “Beyond Counting Climate Consensus”

John CookCenter for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 733-735 | Published online: 28 Sep 2017

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