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Nature 453, 43-45 (1 May 2008) | doi:10.1038/453043a; Published online 30 April 2008
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Climate change: Natural ups and downs
Richard Wood1
Abstract
The effects of global warming over the coming decades will be modified by shorter-term climate variability. Finding ways to incorporate these variations will give us a better grip on what kind of climate change to expect.
Climate change is often viewed as a phenomenon that will develop in the coming century. But its effects are already being seen, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently projected that, even in the next 20 years, the global climate will warm by around 0.
- Richard Wood is at the Met Office Hadley Centre, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, Devon EX1 3PB, UK.
Email: richard.wood@metoffice.gov.uk
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