An anthropogenic fingerprint has been detected in long-term climate trends, but distinguishing human-induced change from natural variability in day-to-day weather remains a challenge. Research now finds that a human influence is discernible in global patterns of daily temperature and moisture.
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Min, SK. Human fingerprint in global weather. Nat. Clim. Chang. 10, 15–16 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0670-y
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