Global mismatch between greenhouse gas emissions and the burden of climate change

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Althor, Glenn ^a   Watson, James E M ^a,b   Fuller, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84957592827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep20281     Document Type: Article

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