ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Affiliated Authors
Professor of Public Policy, ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø; Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology and Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, FAS
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Confronting the Climate-Energy Challenge. Daniel Schrag, June 2007, Paper. "Combustion of coal, oil, and gas has raised the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to levels higher than they have been for millions of years. A brief review of the history of Earth’s climate puts the next hundred years in its natural context, suggesting that most predictions based on climate models may be underestimating the problem. Reducing risks of future climate change requires changes in existing energy systems. These changes will be in three areas: increasing energy efficiency, increasing the stock of non-fossil energy generation..."