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Misconceptions of global catastrophe

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American attitudes to changing weather, and therefore to climate change, have been analysed on the basis of US migration patterns since the 1970s. The findings have implications for the success of global climate policies. See Letter p.357

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Rocklöv, J. Misconceptions of global catastrophe. Nature 532, 317–318 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/532317a

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