Global warming, human-induced carbon emissions, and their uncertainties

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1458-1468

  Fang, Jing Yun ^a   Zhu, Jiang Ling ^a   Wang, Shao Peng ^a   Yue, Chao ^a   Shen, Hai Hua ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon emissions; climate change; global warming; human activities; natural forces; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ATMOSPHERIC CO; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; CARBON EMISSIONS; CLIMATE WARMING; DRIVING FORCES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NATURAL FACTORS; NATURAL FORCES; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; UNCERTAINTY;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GASES;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053546141     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4292-0     Document Type: Review

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