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The Ivory Lighthouse: communicating climate change more effectively

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Anderegg, W.R.L. The Ivory Lighthouse: communicating climate change more effectively. Climatic Change 101, 655–662 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-010-9929-z

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