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Home » Environment and energy » Climate » Modelling civilization as ‘heat engine’ could improve climate predictions

Modelling civilization as ‘heat engine’ could improve climate predictions

27 Nov 2008
The extremely complex process of projecting future emissions of carbon dioxide could be simplified d

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Edwin Cartlidge is a science writer based in Rome
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