Influence of the carbon cycle on the attribution of responsibility for climate change

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 2356-2362

  Wei, Ting ^a   Dong, Wenjie ^a   Yuan, Wenping ^a   Yan, Xiaodong ^a   Guo, Yan ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Earth system model; Historical responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902291508     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-014-0196-7     Document Type: Article

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