Recent improvement and projected worsening of weather in the United States

Nature

Volumn 532, Issue 7599, 2016, Pages 357-360

  Egan, Patrick J ^a   Mullin, Megan ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RESEARCH WORK; WEATHER;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WINTER; FORECASTING; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC OPINION; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR;

UNITED STATES;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMIDITY; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC OPINION; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 84964545703     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature17441     Document Type: Article

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