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Dangerous assumptions

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  • Roger Pielke

    (Roger Pielke Jr is in the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0488, USA.)

  • Tom Wigley

    (Tom Wigley is in the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA.)

  • Christopher Green

    (McGill University, Montreal H3A 2T7, Canada.)

Abstract

How big is the energy challenge of climate change? The technological advances needed to stabilize carbon-dioxide emissions may be greater than we think, argue Roger Pielke Jr, Tom Wigley and Christopher Green.

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  • Roger Pielke & Tom Wigley & Christopher Green, 2008. "Dangerous assumptions," Nature, Nature, vol. 452(7187), pages 531-532, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:452:y:2008:i:7187:d:10.1038_452531a
    DOI: 10.1038/452531a
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