Carbon footprint of science: More than flying

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 352-355

  Achten, Wouter M J ^a   Almeida, Joana ^a   Muys, Bart ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Global warming potential; PhD; Research; Science making

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; EMISSION REDUCTION; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; GREEN ELECTRICITY; PHD; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SCIENCE MAKING; SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLOBAL WARMING; RESEARCH; VIDEO CONFERENCING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HIGHER EDUCATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 84879562753     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.05.025     Document Type: Article

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