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Humans are altering seasonal climate cycles worldwide

Nearly four decades of global temperature data collected by satellites reveal the atmospheric fingerprint of climate change.
  1. Jeff Tollefson
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An analysis of decades of satellite data has revealed how humans are changing seasonal cycles in the lower atmosphere. The accumulation of greenhouse gases produced by burning fossil fuels has increased air temperatures in summer and caused larger annual temperature swings in the northern hemisphere.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05780-z

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