Fixing a critical climate accountinq error

Science

Volumn 326, Issue 5952, 2009, Pages 527-528

  Searchinger, Timothy D ^a   Hamburg, Steven P ^b   Melillo, Jerry ^c   Chameides, William ^d   Havlik, Petr ^e   Kammen, Daniel M ^f   Likens, Gene E ^g   Lubowski, Ruben N ^b   Obersteiner, Michael ^e   Oppenheimer, Michael ^a   Philip Robertson, G ^h   Schlesinger, William H ^g   David Tilman, G ⁱ  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^h MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; BIOFUEL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL;

BIOENERGY; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LAND USE;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CARBON FIXATION; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP; DECOMPOSITION; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FOREST; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HARVESTING; HUMAN; LAND DRAINAGE; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; TREE;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; TREES;

EID: 70350493687     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1178797     Document Type: Short Survey

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15. The authors express thanks for the support of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. 10.1126/science.1178797