Center for Global Change Science: Recent submissions

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    • Modeling Water Resource Systems under Climate Change: IGSM-WRS 

      Strzepek, K.; Schlosser, C.A.; Gueneau, A.; Gao, X.; Blanc, É.; e.a. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2012-12)
      Through the integration of a Water Resource System (WRS) component, the MIT Integrated Global System Model (IGSM) framework has been enhanced to study the effects of climate change on managed water-resource systems. ...

    • Non-Nuclear, Low-Carbon, or Both? The Case of Taiwan 

      Chen, Y.-H. Henry (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2012-12)
      The Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan has renewed debates on the safety of nuclear power, possibly hurting the role of nuclear power in efforts to limit CO2 emissions. I develop a dynamic economy-wide model of Taiwan ...

    • Shale Gas Production: Potential versus Actual GHG Emissions 

      O'Sullivan, Francis; Paltsev, Sergey (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2012-11)
      Estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shale gas production and use are controversial. Here we assess the level of GHG emissions from shale gas well hydraulic fracturing operations in the United States during ...