Assessing the observed impact of anthropogenic climate change

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 532-537

  Hansen, Gerrit ^a   Stone, Dáithí ^b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84964922501     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2896     Document Type: Article

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