Realizing the impacts of a 1.5 °C warmer world

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 735-737

  Mitchell, Daniel ^a   James, Rachel ^a   Forster, Piers M ^b   Betts, Richard A ^c,d   Shiogama, Hideo ^e   Allen, Myles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

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EID: 84979738834     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3055     Document Type: Note

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