Greenhouse gases, climate change and the transition from coal to low-carbon electricity

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Myhrvold, N P ^a   Caldeira, K ^b  

^a Intellectual Ventures   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

bulk electricity supply; central station greenhouse gas emissions; climate; climate change; electricity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857950761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/1/014019     Document Type: Article

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