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The relationship between peak warming and cumulative CO2 emissions, and its use to quantify vulnerabilities in the carbon–climate–human system Cover

The relationship between peak warming and cumulative CO2 emissions, and its use to quantify vulnerabilities in the carbon–climate–human system

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 63 (2011): Issue 2
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|Jan 2011
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00521.x | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 145 - 164
Submitted on: Dec 20, 2009
Accepted on: Nov 22, 2010
Published on: Jan 1, 2011
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2011 Michael R. Raupach, Josep G. Canadell, Philippe Ciais, Pierre Friedlingstein, Peter J. Rayner, Catherine M. Trudinger, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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