Future temperature in southwest Asia projected to exceed a threshold for human adaptability

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 197-200

  Pal, Jeremy S ^a,b   Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^b  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COOLING; EVAPORATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VENTILATION;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 84955621733     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2833     Document Type: Article

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