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Nature 453, 296-297 (15 May 2008) | doi:10.1038/453296a; Published online 14 May 2008
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- Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena
- Jena 07740 Germany
Instructor of Medicine
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Birmingham, AL
Climate change: Attributing cause and effect
Francis Zwiers1 & Gabriele Hegerl2
Abstract
The climate is changing, and so are aspects of the world's physical and biological systems. It is no easy matter to link cause and effect — the latest attack on the problem brings the power of meta-analysis to bear.
The article by Rosenzweig and colleagues1 that appears on page 353 of this issue is the first to formally link observed global changes in physical and biological systems to human-induced climate change, predominantly from increasing greenhouse gases. By surveying a huge literature, Rosenzweig et al.
- Francis Zwiers is in the Climate Research Division, Environment Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario M3H 5T4, Canada.
Email: francis.zwiers@ec.gc.ca - Gabriele Hegerl is in the School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK.
Email: gabi.hegerl@ed.ac.uk
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