Trends in the land and ocean carbon uptake

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 219-224

  Le Quéré, Corinne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL FUEL; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957682237     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.06.003     Document Type: Review

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