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The projected timing of climate departure from recent variability
Description: Ecological and societal disruptions by modern climate change are critically determined by the time frame over which climates shift beyond historical analogues. In this journal paper scientists present a new index of the year when the projected mean climate of a given location moves to a state continuously outside the bounds of historical variability under alternative greenhouse gas emissions scenarios. Unprecedented climates will occur earliest in the tropics and among low-income countries. [Source: Nature]
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature12540
Availability: Summary
Source: Nature
Publish Date: 10/10/2013
Reading Level: Expert
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