What people know

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Acknowledgements

Arctic and Antarctic science questions on the Granite State Poll have been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation for the PoLAR Climate Change Education Partnership (DUE-1239783), and Sea Ice Prediction Network (PLR-1303938). Surveys were conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, with assistance from the Carsey School of Public Policy.

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Hamilton, L. What people know. J Environ Stud Sci 5, 54–57 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-015-0222-3

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Keywords

  • Arctic
  • Survey
  • Knowledge
  • Education
  • Politics
  • Polar
  • Sea level
  • Sea ice