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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 297-300

  Le Quéré, Corinne ^a,b   Canadell, Josep G ^c   Ciais, Philippe ^d   Dhakal, Shobhakar ^e   Patwardhan, Anand ^f   Raupach, Michael R ^c   Young, Oran R ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^f INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 77957652667     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.06.010     Document Type: Review

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