The politicization of science: A study of public trust in the United States, 1974-2010
2012 study in the American Sociological Review on trends relating to partisan affiliation and trust in science.
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Energy in the United States: Overview and key statistics
2012 report from the Congressional Research Service on U.S. energy production and consumption, with breakdowns of production and consumption by sector.
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The geological record of ocean acidification
2012 paper published in the journal Science on historic patterns in carbon dioxide and ocean acidification and the implications for the future.
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U.N. report: Findings on e-Waste problems in Africa
2011 United Nations report on the ecological and economic impacts of electrical and electronics equipment recycling and disposal practices in West Africa.
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Financial performance of the major oil companies, 2007-2011
2012 Congressional Research Service report on business results for the five biggest U.S. oil companies over the past five years.
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Shifting public opinion on climate change: Factors influencing concern in the U.S.
2012 study from Drexel University, McGill University and Ohio State University in Climate Change on the drivers of U.S. public sentiment on global warming.
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Have disaster costs increased due to climate change?
2011 metastudy by the Institute for Environmental Studies on peer-reviewed studies on economic losses from weather events and their potential connection to global warming.
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Global potential for wind-generated electricity
2009 study by Harvard University and Finland’s VTT Technical Research Centre on the overall global potential for wind-generated power.
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Reflective surfaces in urban areas: Global cooling?
2009 study by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on the potential benefits of increasing the reflectivity of urban surfaces such as pavement and roofs.
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Trends in daily solar radiation and precipitation coefficients of variation since 1984
2011 study in the online journal of the American Meteorological Society on long-term trends in the variability of sunshine and precipitation.
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