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  • 2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Steven J. Davis is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and focuses on research within the field of Environmental Science. Their work delves into several subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Environmental Engineering, and Economics and Econometrics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics like Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Energy and Environment Impacts, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, COVID-19 Impact on Air Quality, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, and Climate Change and Health Impacts.

Frequent publication venues for Steven J. Davis include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Communications

Among frequent co-authors are:

  • Philippe Ciais
  • Zhu Liu
  • Qiang Zhang
  • Biqing Zhu
  • Chaopeng Hong

Recent publications demonstrate a focus on environmental and atmospheric issues, including:

  • A review of trends and drivers of greenhouse gas emissions by sector from 1990 to 2018 (2021, Environmental Research Letters)
  • Enhanced secondary pollution offset reduction of primary emissions during COVID-19 lockdown in China (2020, National Science Review)
  • Global supply-chain effects of COVID-19 control measures (2020, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • Near-real-time monitoring of global CO2 emissions reveals the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Global and regional drivers of land-use emissions in 1961-2017 (2021, Nature)

In 2018, Steven J. Davis received recognition as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Best Publications

  • Net-Zero Emissions Energy Systems

    Steven J Davis;Nathan S. Lewis;Matthew Shaner;Sonia Aggarwal

  • Consumption-based accounting of CO2 emissions

    Steven J. Davis;Ken Caldeira

  • Reduced carbon emission estimates from fossil fuel combustion and cement production in China

    Z Liu;Dabo Guan;Wei Wei;Steven J Davis

  • Future CO2 Emissions and Climate Change from Existing Energy Infrastructure

    Steven J. Davis;Ken Caldeira;H. Damon Matthews

  • Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions

    Pete Smith;Steven J. Davis;Felix Creutzig;Sabine Fuss

  • Systems integration for global sustainability

    Jianguo Liu;Harold A. Mooney;Vanessa Hull;Steven J. Davis

  • Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification

    Jennifer A. Burney;Steven J. Davis;David B. Lobell

  • Carbon Lock-In: Types, Causes, and Policy Implications

    Karen C. Seto;Steven J. Davis;Steven J. Davis;Steven J. Davis;Ronald B. Mitchell;Eleanor C. Stokes

  • Transboundary health impacts of transported global air pollution and international trade

    Qiang Zhang;Xujia Jiang;Dan Tong;Steven J. Davis;Steven J. Davis

  • A review of trends and drivers of greenhouse gas emissions by sector from 1990 to 2018

    William F. Lamb;Thomas Wiedmann;Julia Pongratz;Robbie Andrew

  • Global supply-chain effects of COVID-19 control measures.

    Dabo Guan;Daoping Wang;Stephane Hallegatte;Steven J. Davis

  • Near-real-time monitoring of global CO2 emissions reveals the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

    Zhu Liu;Philippe Ciais;Zhu Deng;Ruixue Lei

  • Enhanced secondary pollution offset reduction of primary emissions during COVID-19 lockdown in China

    Xin Huang;Aijun Ding;Jian Gao;Bo Zheng

  • Committed emissions from existing energy infrastructure jeopardize 1.5 °C climate target

    Dan Tong;Dan Tong;Qiang Zhang;Yixuan Zheng;Yixuan Zheng;Ken Caldeira

  • Outsourcing CO2 within China

    Kuishuang Feng;Steven J. Davis;Laixiang Sun;Laixiang Sun;Xin Li

  • Monitoring global carbon emissions in 2021

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  • Substantial global carbon uptake by cement carbonation

    Fengming Xi;Fengming Xi;Steven J. Davis;Steven J. Davis;Philippe Ciais;Douglas Crawford-Brown

  • The supply chain of CO2 emissions.

    Steven J. Davis;Glen P. Peters;Ken Caldeira

  • China's international trade and air pollution in the United States

    Jintai Lin;Da Pan;Steven J. Davis;Qiang Zhang

  • Global and regional drivers of land-use emissions in 1961–2017

    Chaopeng Hong;Jennifer A. Burney;Julia Pongratz;Julia Pongratz;Julia E. M. S. Nabel

  • Sharing a quota on cumulative carbon emissions

    Michael R. Raupach;Steven J. Davis;Glen P. Peters;Robbie M. Andrew

  • Committed Emissions from Existing Energy Infrastructure Jeopardize 1.5 °C Climate Target

    S. J. Davis;D. Tong;Z. Qiang;Y. Zheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Dabo Guan
Dabo Guan Tsinghua University
Zhu Liu
Zhu Liu Tsinghua University
Ken Caldeira
Ken Caldeira Carnegie Institution for Science
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Peking University
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Tsinghua University
Bo Zheng
Bo Zheng Tsinghua University
Chaopeng Hong
Chaopeng Hong Tsinghua University
Kebin He
Kebin He Tsinghua University
Klaus Hubacek
Klaus Hubacek University of Groningen
Glen P. Peters
Glen P. Peters Center for International Climate and Environmental Research

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