Global temperature responses to current emissions from the transport sectors
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08/12/2008
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Transport affects climate directly and indirectly through mechanisms that cause both warming and cooling of climate, and the effects operate on very different timescales. The authors calculate climate responses in terms of global mean temperature and find large differences between the transport sectors with respect to the size and mix of short- and long-lived effects, and even the sign of the temperature response.