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IPCC AR4 WGI Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis

January 2007
Richard B. Alley, Terje Berntsen, Nathaniel L. Bindoff, Zhenlin Chen, Amnat Chidthaisong, Pierre Friedlingstein, Jonathan M. Gregory, Gabriele C. Hegerl, Martin Heimann, Bruce Hewitson, Brian J. Hoskins, Fortunat Joos, Jean Jouzel, Vladimir Kattsov, Ulrike Lohmann, Martin Manning, Taroh Matsuno, Mario Molina, Neville Nicholls, Jonathan Overpeck, Dahe Qin, Graciela Raga, Venkatachalam Ramaswamy, Jiawen Ren, Matilde Rusticucci, Susan Solomon, Richard Somerville, Thomas F. Stocker, Peter A. Stott, Ronald J. Stouffer, Penny Whetton, Richard A. Wood, David Wratt
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
The Working Group I contribution to the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report describes progress in understanding the drivers of climate change, observed climate change, climate processes and attribution, and estimates of projected future climate change. Read More →

Human-Modified Temperatures Induce Species Changes: Joint Attribution

May 2005
Terry L. Root,* Dena P MacMynowski, Michael D. Mastrandrea, and Stephen H. Schneider
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
This study demonstrates “joint attribution,” a two-step linkage: human activities contribute significantly to temperature changes and human-changed temperatures are associated with discernible changes in plant and animal traits. Read More →

Human Contribution to the European Heatwave of 2003

December 2004
Peter A. Stott, D. A. Stone, M. R. Allen
Nature
This article analyzes the contribution of increases in atmospheric greenhouse gases to unusually high mean summer temperatures throughout Europe, estimating that it is very likely that human influence has at least doubled the risk of a heatwave.Read More →