Threat to future global food security from climate change and ozone air pollution

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 817-821

  Tai, Amos P K ^a,e   Martin, Maria Val ^b,c   Heald, Colette L ^a,d  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84906883994     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2317     Document Type: Article

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