Debate heating up over changes in climate variability

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Alexander, Lisa ^a   Perkins, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CHANGING TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; HEATING UP; HEATWAVES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY;

RESEARCH;

CLIMATE VARIATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; HEATING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84891959044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/041001     Document Type: Review

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