A slippery slope: How much global warming constitutes "dangerous anthropogenic interference"? An editorial essay

Climatic Change

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 269-279

  Hansen, James E ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

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EID: 16444372838     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-4135-0     Document Type: Review

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