Correction: US power production at risk from water stress in a changing climate (Scientific Reports DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12133-9);US Power Production at Risk from Water Stress in a Changing Climate

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Ganguli, Poulomi ^a,b   Kumar, Devashish ^a   Ganguly, Auroop R ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 85029623180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24600-y     Document Type: Erratum

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