Transforming the global energy system is required to avoid the sixth mass extinction

MRS Energy and Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Barnosky, Anthony D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biological; carbon dioxide; environment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL FUELS;

BIOLOGICAL; CARBON NEUTRALS; ENERGY SECTOR; ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL ENERGY; LOSS OF LIFE; MARINE SPECIES; MASS EXTINCTION; RAPID SHIFTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 85026989963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23292237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mre.2015.11     Document Type: Review

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