Assessing "dangerous climate change": Required reduction of carbon emissions to protect young people, future generations and nature

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Hansen, James ^a   Kharecha, Pushker ^a,b   Sato, Makiko ^a   Masson Delmotte, Valerie ^c   Ackerman, Frank ^d   Beerling, David J ^e   Hearty, Paul J ^f   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^g   Hsu, Shi Ling ^h   Parmesan, Camille ^i,j   Rockstrom, Johan ^k   Rohling, Eelco J ^l,m   Sachs, Jeffrey ^a   Smith, Pete ⁿ   Steffen, Konrad ^o   Van Susteren, Lise ^p   Von Schuckmann, Karina ^q   Zachos, James C ^r  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d Synapse Energy Economics   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^k STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^m AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^o ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^p Seattle   (United States)

^q IFREMER   (France)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; FOSSIL FUEL;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL MINING; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH HAZARD; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MASS EXTINCTION; NONHUMAN; PALEOCLIMATE; REFORESTATION; SEA LEVEL RISE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; POLICY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84891682477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081648     Document Type: Article

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