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Nature 457, 391-392 (22 January 2009) | doi:10.1038/457391a; Published online 21 January 2009

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Climate change: Shifts in season

David J. Thomson1

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It's cold in winter and hot in summer. But the latest analysis illustrates the need to put observational data at the forefront of attempts to achieve a more detailed understanding of the annual temperature cycle.

It has been known for more than a century1 that increasing the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere results in an increase in Earth's surface temperature. By contrast, it is only just over a decade since the discovery that CO2 levels also affect the timing of the annual temperature cycle2, 3, although the details remain enigmatic.

  1. David J. Thomson is in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N5, Canada.
    Email: djt@mast.queensu.ca

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