The importance of including variability in climate change projections used for adaptation

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 931-937

  Sexton, David M H ^a   Harris, Glen R ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

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ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONALITY;

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EID: 84942123103     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2705     Document Type: Article

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