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Research Article

Environmental framing on Twitter: Impact of Trump’s Paris Agreement withdrawal on climate change and ocean acidification dialogue

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Article: 1532375 | Received 29 Jan 2018, Accepted 01 Oct 2018, Published online: 22 Oct 2018

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