Climate hotspots: key vulnerable regions, climate change and limits to warming
β Scribed by William L. Hare; Wolfgang Cramer; Michiel Schaeffer; Antonella Battaglini; Carlo C. Jaeger
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 339 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1436-3798
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