Why controlling climate change is more difficult than stopping stratospheric ozone depletion

Current Science

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1531-1534

  Ahuja, Dilip R ^a   Srinivasan, J ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

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EID: 75949098877     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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