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Published online 13 December 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news011220-3
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Abrupt Climate Change: Inevitable changes
Report calls for research and policy to cope with volatile climate.
Abruptchanges in global climate, common in the past, will become more so in future, thanks to man's impact on the environment, according to a new report presented at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco, California.
The report from the US National Research Council, to be published next year, calls for more research into rapid climate change, and for policy to equip societies to deal with it better1.
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