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Scientific Errors in the Fearnside Comments on Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) from Hydroelectric Dams and Response to His Political Claiming

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  1. Energy Planning Program, Graduate Engineering Programs Coordination Unit, Rio de Janeiro Federal University (PPE/COPPE/UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Luiz Pinguelli Rosa (Tenured Professor)

  2. Energy Planning Program, Graduate Engineering Programs Coordination Unit, Rio de Janeiro Federal University (PPE/COPPE/UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Marco Aurélio Dos Santos (Contributing Professor)

  3. Water Resources and Applied Ecology Center, São Paulo University (CRHEA/USP/SC), São Paulo, Brazil

    Bohdan Matvienko (Assistant Professor)

  4. Construmaq São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil

    Elizabeth Sikar

  5. Atmospheric Sciences, Graduate Engineering Programs Coordination Unit, Rio de Janeiro Federal University (COPPE/UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Ednaldo Oliveira Dos Santos (Doctoral Student)

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Rosa, L.P., Santos, M.A.D., Matvienko, B. et al. Scientific Errors in the Fearnside Comments on Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) from Hydroelectric Dams and Response to His Political Claiming. Climatic Change 75, 91–102 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-005-9046-6

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