Current global warming appears anomalous in relation to the climate of the last 20 000 years

Climate Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-11

  Björck, Svante ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate anomaly; Global warming; Long term perspective

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING; CARBON CYCLES; CLIMATE ANOMALIES; CLIMATE EVENT; CLIMATE SYSTEM; CLIMATE TRENDS; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE AGE; LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE; ONGOING CHANGES; PROXY RECORDS; RISING TEMPERATURES;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON CYCLE; GLOBAL WARMING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLEISTOCENE; PRECISION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960667347     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00873     Document Type: Article

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