The role of methane in global warming: Where might mitigation strategies be focused?

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 179-201

  Milich, Lenard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0033215003     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-3780(98)00037-5     Document Type: Article

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