Liu, Z., Ciais, P., Deng, Z., Lei, R., Davis, S. J., Feng, S., Zheng, B., Cui, D., Dou, X., Zhu, B., Guo, R., Ke, P., Sun, T., Lu, C., He, P., Wang, Y., Yue, X., Wang, Y., Lei, Y., ... Schellnhuber, H. J. (2020). Near-real-time monitoring of global CO2 emissions reveals the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article 5172. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18922-7
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Liu, Z, Ciais, P, Deng, Z, Lei, R, Davis, SJ, Feng, S, Zheng, B, Cui, D, Dou, X, Zhu, B, Guo, R, Ke, P, Sun, T, Lu, C, He, P, Wang, Y, Yue, X, Wang, Y, Lei, Y, Zhou, H, Cai, Z, Wu, Y, Guo, R, Han, T, Xue, J, Boucher, O, Boucher, E, Chevallier, F, Tanaka, K, Wei, Y, Zhong, H, Kang, C, Zhang, N, Chen, B, Xi, F, Liu, M, Bréon, FM, Lu, Y, Zhang, Q, Guan, D, Gong, P, Kammen, DM, He, K & Schellnhuber, HJ 2020, 'Near-real-time monitoring of global CO2 emissions reveals the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic', Nature Communications, vol. 11, no. 1, 5172. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18922-7
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