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Education, politics and opinions about climate change evidence for interaction effects by Hamilton, Lawrence C

“…U.S. public opinion regarding climate change has become increasingly polarized in recent years, as partisan think tanks and others worked to recast an…”
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Trumpism, climate and COVID: Social bases of the new science rejection by Hamilton, Lawrence C

“…Although the hazards posed by greenhouse warming and COVID-19 are quite different, diagnosis and mitigation prospects for both depend heavily on science…”
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Generation gaps in US public opinion on renewable energy and climate change by Hamilton, Lawrence C, Hartter, Joel, Bell, Erin

“…The topics of climate change and renewable energy are often linked in policy discussions and scientific analysis, but public opinion on these topics exhibits…”
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Tracking Public Beliefs About Anthropogenic Climate Change by Hamilton, Lawrence C, Hartter, Joel, Lemcke-Stampone, Mary, Moore, David W, Safford, Thomas G

“…A simple question about climate change, with one choice designed to match consensus statements by scientists, was asked on 35 US nationwide, single-state or…”
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Self-assessed understanding of climate change by Hamilton, Lawrence C.

“…Survey researchers often treat self-assessed understanding of climate change as a rough proxy for knowledge, which might affect what people believe about this…”
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Elite Cues and the Rapid Decline in Trust in Science Agencies on COVID-19 by Hamilton, Lawrence C., Safford, Thomas G.

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has been marked by political divisions in U.S. public trust of scientists. Such divisions are well known on other topics, but regarding…”
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Predicting September sea ice: Ensemble skill of the SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook 2008-2013 by Stroeve, Julienne, Hamilton, Lawrence C., Bitz, Cecilia M., Blanchard-Wrigglesworth, Edward

“…Since 2008, the Study of Environmental Arctic Change Sea Ice Outlook has solicited predictions of September sea‐ice extent from the Arctic research community…”
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A four-party view of US environmental concern by Hamilton, Lawrence C., Saito, Kei

“…Research on US public concern about environmental issues finds ideology or political party are the most consistent background predictors. Party is commonly…”
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The News You Choose: news media preferences amplify views on climate change by Bolin, Jessica L., Hamilton, Lawrence C.

“…How do choices among information sources reinforce political differences on topics such as climate change? Environmental sociologists have observed large-scale…”
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Blowin’ in the Wind: Short-Term Weather and Belief in Anthropogenic Climate Change by Hamilton, Lawrence C., Stampone, Mary D.

“…A series of polls provides new tests for how weather influences public beliefs about climate change. Statewide data from 5000 random-sample telephone…”
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Regional variation in perceptions about climate change by Hamilton, Lawrence C., Keim, Barry D.

“…A 2007 survey covering rural areas in nine US states provides data on perceived local impacts of climate change. Perceptions vary from region to region, with a…”
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Two Kinds of Polar Knowledge by Hamilton, Lawrence C

“…Outreach and communication with the public have substantial value in polar research, in which studies often find changes of global importance that are…”
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Who Cares about Polar Regions? Results from a Survey of U.S. Public Opinion by Hamilton, Lawrence C

“…What do members of the general public know about polar regions, and how much do they care? Who knows or cares? This paper explores data from the General Social…”
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Forecast Skill of the Arctic Sea Ice Outlook 2008–2022 by Blanchard‐Wrigglesworth, Edward, Bushuk, Mitchell, Massonnet, François, Hamilton, Lawrence C., Bitz, Cecilia M., Meier, Walter N., Bhatt, Uma S.

“…We assess the skill of forecasts of Arctic September sea ice in the Sea Ice Outlook over 2008–2022. The multi‐model median June initialized forecast of…”
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Interaction effects on support for climate‐change mitigation by Brown, Adrienne R., Hamilton, Lawrence C.

“…Background Research on the social bases of environmental concern has established robust findings across various sociodemographic characteristics. This includes…”
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400 predictions: the SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook 2008-2015 by Hamilton, Lawrence C., Stroeve, Julienne

“…Each Arctic summer since 2008, the Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) has invited researchers and the engaged public to contribute predictions regarding the September…”
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Scientists, presidents, and pandemics—comparing the science–politics nexus during the Zika virus and COVID‐19 outbreaks by Safford, Thomas G., Whitmore, Emily H., Hamilton, Lawrence C.

“…Objective We investigate how beliefs about scientists and presidents affect views about two pandemics, Zika virus (2016) and COVID‐19 (2020). Methods Three New…”
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Demographic variation and change in the Inuit Arctic by Hamilton, Lawrence C, Wirsing, Jochen, Saito, Kei

“…Arctic societies, like Arctic environments, exhibit variability and rapid change. Social and environmental changes are sometimes interconnected, but Arctic…”
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Belief-neutral Versus Belief-linked Knowledge as Predictors of Climate-change Opinions by Brown, Adrienne R., Hamilton, Lawrence C.

“…Previous research on climate-relevant knowledge distinguishes between two types: belief-linked (facts which can be guessed based on general climate beliefs)…”
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A change in the wind? US public views on renewable energy and climate compared by Hamilton, Lawrence C., Bell, Erin, Hartter, Joel, Salerno, Jonathan D.

“…Background Renewable energy development is a necessary step toward climate change mitigation, so these topics have often been linked. In US public discourse,…”
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