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  1. Department of Geosciences and the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Princeton, USA

    M. Oppenheimer

  2. Department of Psychology and the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Princeton, USA

    A. Todorov

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Oppenheimer, M., Todorov, A. Global Warming: The Psychology of Long Term Risk. Climatic Change 77, 1–6 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-006-9086-6

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