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Nature 445, 256 (18 January 2007) | doi:10.1038/445256b; Published online 17 January 2007

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Time to give due weight to the 'carbon footprint' issue

Geoffrey Hammond1

  1. International Centre for the Environment, and Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK

The media are increasingly using the term 'carbon footprint' in articles about the need to mitigate climate change by reducing our carbon dioxide emissions. Footprints are spatial indicators, measured in hectares or square metres.

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