Rate and velocity of climate change caused by cumulative carbon emissions

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Lopresti, Anna ^a   Charland, Allison ^b   Woodard, Dawn ^a   Randerson, James ^a   Diffenbaugh, Noah S ^b   Davis, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

cumulative emissions; ecosystem adaptation; velocity of climate change

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; VELOCITY;

ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; BOREAL FORESTS; CARBON EMISSIONS; CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS; GLOBAL-MEAN TEMPERATURE; RATE OF CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTATION; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECADAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING;

EID: 84945208636     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/9/095001     Document Type: Article

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