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The Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Agricultural Output and Random Fluctuations in Weather

Published:March 2007

Author(s):Oliver Deschênes, Michael Greenstone

Publisher:The American Economic Review

This paper measures the economic impact of climate change on US agricultural land by estimating the effect of random year-to-year variation in temperature and precipitation on agricultural profits.Read More →

Detection of Human Influence on Sea-level Pressure

Published:March 2003

Author(s):Nathan P. Gillett, Francis W. Zwiers, Andrew J. Weaver & Peter A. Stott

Publisher:Nature

This study found increases in sea-level pressure due to human activity and observed that climate models underestimate the magnitude of the sea-level pressure response, leading to an underestimation of the climate impacts on the European climate. Read More →

Carbon Dioxide and Climate: A Scientific Assessment

Published:July 1979

Author(s):Ad Hoc Study Group on Carbon Dioxide and Climate

Publisher:National Academy of Sciences

This report assesses the scientific basis for projection of possible future climatic changes resulting from man-made releases of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.Read More →

Climatic Change: Are We on the Brink of a Pronounced Global Warming?

Published:August 1975

Author(s):Wallace S. Broecker

Publisher:Science

This article presents an early (mid-1970s) perspective that the planet is on the brink of a prolonged period of global warming, and that complacency is not an option. Read More →

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The Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Agricultural Output and Random Fluctuations in Weather

Detection of Human Influence on Sea-level Pressure

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