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Attention Score in Context
| Title |
Future CO2 Emissions and Climate Change from Existing Energy Infrastructure
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Science, September 2010
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| DOI | 10.1126/science.1188566 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Steven J. Davis, Ken Caldeira, H. Damon Matthews |
| Abstract |
Slowing climate change requires overcoming inertia in political, technological, and geophysical systems. Of these, only geophysical warming commitment has been quantified. We estimated the commitment to future emissions and warming represented by existing carbon dioxide-emitting devices. We calculated cumulative future emissions of 496 (282 to 701 in lower- and upper-bounding scenarios) gigatonnes of CO2 from combustion of fossil fuels by existing infrastructure between 2010 and 2060, forcing mean warming of 1.3 degrees C (1.1 degrees to 1.4 degrees C) above the pre-industrial era and atmospheric concentrations of CO2 less than 430 parts per million. Because these conditions would likely avoid many key impacts of climate change, we conclude that sources of the most threatening emissions have yet to be built. However, CO2-emitting infrastructure will expand unless extraordinary efforts are undertaken to develop alternatives. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 164 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 36 | 22% |
| United Kingdom | 15 | 9% |
| Canada | 6 | 4% |
| Germany | 5 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2% |
| Australia | 3 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 15 | 9% |
| Unknown | 77 | 47% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 130 | 79% |
| Scientists | 28 | 17% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 2% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 1% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 1,077 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 1% |
| Germany | 8 | <1% |
| Brazil | 5 | <1% |
| Canada | 4 | <1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 2 | <1% |
| South Africa | 2 | <1% |
| Argentina | 2 | <1% |
| Mexico | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 11 | 1% |
| Unknown | 1010 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 239 | 22% |
| Researcher | 179 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 140 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 90 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 54 | 5% |
| Other | 204 | 19% |
| Unknown | 171 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 166 | 15% |
| Engineering | 137 | 13% |
| Chemistry | 107 | 10% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 81 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 54 | 5% |
| Other | 303 | 28% |
| Unknown | 229 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 389. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 December 2023.
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#80,069
of 25,759,158 outputs
Outputs from Science
#2,790
of 83,311 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#151
of 105,882 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Science
#4
of 371 outputs
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