Tragic triumph

Climatic Change

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 229-238

  Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

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CLIMATE CHANGE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77952636190     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-9838-1     Document Type: Article

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