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This spreadsheet contains a list of 60 predictions of climate-related "apocalyptic" scenarios made by various public figures. This list is part of the raw data examined to investigate how the communication of extreme predictions is made and interpreted. Our research suggests that predictions made by scientists and nonscientists differ in meaningful ways, that the conservatism of the predictions has increased over time, and that the medium of communication does not appear to matter. This data was compiled from various online sources and internet search, with the URLs to the underlying sources provided in the spreadsheet.The data was compiled by analyzing the text of the original sources. Data related to the speakers' birth year and background were obtained from public sources (Wikipedia, institutional biographies, etc).

Research Data Table 1 is a table of the georreferenced historical (literature-based) and species surveys occurrence points for Ctenomys magellanicus (Rodentia, Caviomorpha). These points are the raw data for the analyses performed in this work. Research Data Table 2 is the result of fitting 120 models (EDM) with different features combination.

In order to identify how the evolution of society affects Swedes’ attitudes and behaviour, the SOM Institute started its National SOM study in 1986. National SOM addresses three areas - society, opinions and mass media - and consists of a large number of questions related to politics, society, media and social background, but their areas of focus differ. Every year, the questionnaires are complemented with questions related to current events. Data is collected through postal questionnaires with an option to respond to the survey online, and each survey is conducted under conditions as identical as possible to make the results from the different years comparable. The SOM Institute Cumulative Dataset contains data from the National SOM surveys from 1986. The data contains a selection of questions frequently asked over the years, focusing on time series. A general rule is that questions should have been asked at least four times. The main purpose is to establish time series that enable researchers to analyse how various changes in society affect people's attitudes and behaviour. SOM-institutet vid Göteborgs universitet genomför varje höst sedan 1986 en nationell frågeundersökning - Den nationella SOM-undersökningen - i syfte att kartlägga den svenska allmänhetens vanor och attityder på temat samhälle, politik och medier (SOM står för Samhälle Opinion Medier). Data samlas in via postala enkäter där möjlighet ges att svara på webben, och varje undersökning genomförs under så identiska förutsättningar som möjligt för att resultaten från de olika åren ska vara jämförbara. Den nationella SOM-undersökningens kumulativa dataset innehåller data från den nationella SOM-undersökningen från och med 1986. De frågor som inkluderas i superfilen är ett urval av de som ställts varje år i Den nationella SOM-undersökningen, med fokus på tidsserier (i regel med fler än fyra mätpunkter). Huvudsyftet är att etablera tidsserier som gör det möjligt att analysera hur olika samhällsförändringar påverkar människors attityder och beteenden.

The data contained in the Excel file is self-explanatory.More information may be added to this section later. Add cookbook info describing variables.

I studiet av kärnkraftsfrågan i valet 1976 ingår två undersökningar, dels en intervjuundersökning av väljarna - Väljarna och kärnkraften - dels föreliggande undersökning som är en innehållsanalys av energidebatten i massmedia. Datainsamlingen innefattar en systematisk genomgång av 20 dagstidningar under fem veckor hösten 1976. Totalt registrerades 2807 ledare, nyhetsartiklar, insändare, annonser, krönikor m.m. som innehöll stoff kring kärnkraften eller energiproblemen i allmänhet. Enkätens kvalitet har prövats - bortfallens jämnhet mot tillgängliga registerdata och föregående enkäters karakteristika, svarens inbördes logik och fullständighet. Statistisk vägning har utförts för mindre över- och underrepresentation av befolkningsgrupper i ett 48-cellersmönster. This study was conducted in connection with the 1976 election study in order to study how the question of nuclear power has been handled by the press. Twenty daily newspapers were analysed during five weeks in the autumn 1976. The papers analysed were chosen after their political preferences in order to represent the different views of the major political parties. The study includes 2807 editorials, articles, advertisements and other materials containing views on the use of nuclear power.

This data contains radiation fields at four different heights. we use it to build the coupled radiation field.

<h3>Project Overview</h3> <p>Jurisdictional boundaries of governmental agencies often do not align with the geographic or social boundaries of the policy issues they are tasked with addressing. This spatial mismatch is especially common in relation to natural resources and the environment. Where it occurs, achievement of policy goals may require coordination across jurisdictions, which can lead to mutual benefits. Yet, governmental agencies may view coordination as costly or as leading to a loss of autonomy. This project examined coordination decisions made by local level governmental agencies in California, as they formed Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) and subsequently coordinated development of their first groundwater sustainability plans (GSPs) under California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). The project addresses the question of how agencies make decisions and manage interactions when under a coordination mandate that allots agencies the discretion to decide how to coordinate. More specifically, it investigates:<ol><li>What factors influence decisions regarding the geographic extent of and parties involved in development of new formal agencies for groundwater management,</li><li>How do concerns about the potential risks of coordination affect the choice of coordination mechanisms,</li><li>How does the structure of agency interactions affect their achievement of the objectives of the coordination mandate, and</li><li>How do agencies make sense of a coordination mandate and how does that sense-making process influence the decisions agencies make when deciding how to respond to the mandate?</li></ol></p> <h3>Data Collection Overview</h3> <p>Data were collected between January 2018 and May 2020. The methods for data collection varied by data type.<ul><li>Secondary data on the physical, social, and institutional characteristics of groundwater basins were collected from California Department of Water Resources datasets, the American Community Survey, and the National Land Use Database.</li><li>Data on GSA formation and copies of GSPs and Coordination Agreements were obtained from the California’s SGMA Portal Website (https://sgma.water.ca.gov/portal/)</li><li>Meeting minutes and other documentation were obtained from the respective websites of local-level agencies that formed GSAs.</li><li>Interviews were conducted with representatives from 67 groundwater sustainability agencies. Interviewees spanned 17 of the 19 basins and 38 of the 44 groundwater sustainability plans produced. Interviewees were identified based on formal GSA contact information and selected based on formal notices to produce a GSP. Recruitment sought to interview representatives from least one GSA from each GSP group.</li><li>Participant observation was undertaken of more than 58 public meetings (in person, virtually, or reviewing recordings).</li></ul></p> <h3>Shared Data Organization</h3> <p>The shared data is organized into three folders. A GIS folder contains 16 relevant data files. An interview transcripts folder contains 52 de-identified transcripts from the interviews that were recorded and transcribed. Some interviewees did not agree to recording and transcription of the interviews, thus data from those interviews are not available. A tabular data folder contains 3 spreadsheet workbooks. These include a spreadsheet documenting coordination concerns at the basin-level; a spreadsheet documenting organizational forms and institutions adopted at the basin-level; and a spreadsheet documenting coordination outcomes at the basin-level. Each spreadsheet includes a copy of the codebook used in analyzing the data. This data project also includes 6 documentation files: a GIS metadata workbook, an interview catalog, an interview consent form, a redaction protocol, this data narrative, and an administrative README file.</p> <h3>Data Overview</h3> <p>The research involved a mixed-methods approach that combines information on agencies; the physical, social, and institutional characteristics of groundwater basins and the agencies located within them; formal filings; agreements; and plans developed by agencies; meeting minutes; interview data; and data from participant observation.</p>