The Human Impact on Climate

How much of a disruption do we cause? The much-awaited answer could be ours by 2050, but only if nations of the world commit to long-term climate monitoring now

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Dr. Kevin E. Trenberth is a Senior Scientist in the Climate Analysis Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. He has been prominent in all aspects of climate variability and climate change research and is a leader in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessments and in the World Climate Research Programme. In recent times his primary research has focused on the global energy and water cycles and how they are changing.

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 281 Issue 6This article was published with the title “The Human Impact on Climate” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 281 No. 6 (), p. 100
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1299-100

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