Comment on: Akasofu, S.-I. On the present halting of global warming. Climate 2013, 1, 4-11

Climate

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 76-83

  Nuccitelli, Dana A ^a   Abraham, John P ^b   Benestad, Rasmus E ^c   Mandia, Scott A ^d  

^a SKEPTICAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Natural climate fluctuations; Ocean oscillations; Thermal recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 85054229127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22251154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cli1020076     Document Type: Article

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