Future CO2 emissions and climate change from existing energy infrastructure

Science

Volumn 329, Issue 5997, 2010, Pages 1330-1333

  Davis, Steven J ^a   Caldeira, Ken ^a   Matthews, H Damon ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL; NATURAL GAS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOSSIL FUEL; GEOPHYSICS; GLOBAL WARMING; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMASS; BUILDING; CARBON SOURCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXHAUST GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MOTOR VEHICLE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77956515299     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1188566     Document Type: Article

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