Climate forcing growth rates: Doubling down on our Faustian bargain

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hansen, James ^a   Kharecha, Pushker ^a   Sato, Makiko ^a  

^a Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 84876181001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/011006     Document Type: Review

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