Awareness and action : coral bleaching : research study on changed behavior upon receiving information concerning coral bleaching effects

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Autor(a) principal: Underwood, Linda
Data de Publicação: 2019
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/68458
Resumo: Dissertation presented as the partial requirement for obtaining a Master's degree in Statistics and Information Management, specialization in Information Analysis and Management
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spelling Awareness and action : coral bleaching : research study on changed behavior upon receiving information concerning coral bleaching effectsCoral bleachingCoral ReefsGlobal WarmingClimate ChangeDissertation presented as the partial requirement for obtaining a Master's degree in Statistics and Information Management, specialization in Information Analysis and ManagementCoral reefs are living organisms that act as an important ecosystem for many different kinds of invertebrates and vertebrates. They are essential for marine life to survive yet also provide many benefits for human life as well. “Coral bleaching” is caused by climate change due to the increase in temperature in the ocean’s water which starves the organism and what remains is only its white skeleton. This is one of the biggest threats to coral reefs. This study aims to understand whether, when given information about coral bleaching specifically, people are more likely to participate in actions that prevent coral bleaching through global warming and if so, what their main motive is to do so. This is important for organizations whose goal is to protect the coral reef so that they can make more effective campaigns. A survey is conducted with questions specifically targeting these main goals and statistically analyzed before and after a passage containing facts regarding coral bleaching, to determine if there are any changes in people’s standpoint. Results showed a lack of knowledge of the importance of coral reefs for human life which increases likelihood to take action against coral bleaching once reading the passage, when considering all respondents. Previous belief in cause and existence of climate change influences the likelihood to take action overall. However, Gender and Age play a role in increased awareness and likelihood to take action against coral bleaching.Costa, Ana Cristina Marinho daRUNUnderwood, Linda2019-05-03T18:32:07Z2019-04-242019-04-24T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/68458TID:202230082enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:32:22Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/68458Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:34:46.832644Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Awareness and action : coral bleaching : research study on changed behavior upon receiving information concerning coral bleaching effects
title Awareness and action : coral bleaching : research study on changed behavior upon receiving information concerning coral bleaching effects
spellingShingle Awareness and action : coral bleaching : research study on changed behavior upon receiving information concerning coral bleaching effects
Underwood, Linda
Coral bleaching
Coral Reefs
Global Warming
Climate Change
title_short Awareness and action : coral bleaching : research study on changed behavior upon receiving information concerning coral bleaching effects
title_full Awareness and action : coral bleaching : research study on changed behavior upon receiving information concerning coral bleaching effects
title_fullStr Awareness and action : coral bleaching : research study on changed behavior upon receiving information concerning coral bleaching effects
title_full_unstemmed Awareness and action : coral bleaching : research study on changed behavior upon receiving information concerning coral bleaching effects
title_sort Awareness and action : coral bleaching : research study on changed behavior upon receiving information concerning coral bleaching effects
author Underwood, Linda
author_facet Underwood, Linda
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Costa, Ana Cristina Marinho da
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Underwood, Linda
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Coral bleaching
Coral Reefs
Global Warming
Climate Change
topic Coral bleaching
Coral Reefs
Global Warming
Climate Change
description Dissertation presented as the partial requirement for obtaining a Master's degree in Statistics and Information Management, specialization in Information Analysis and Management
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