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  • A large discontinuity in the mid-twentieth century in observed global-mean surface temperature

    • David W. J. Thompson, John J. Kennedy, John M. Wallace, Phil D. Jones
      Original article citation: Nature 453," 646 - 649, (2008).

    • Categories: Climate Variability
    • Recommended by the Editor: Anna Barnett on 06/04/2008 09:57AM GMT
      
      The blogs RealClimate, Prometheus and Climate Audit have been arguing over this paper, which finds flaws in WWII temperature records. Quirin Schiermeier offers his take on NRCC's Climate Feedback blog: http://blogs.nature.com/climatefeedback/2008/05/postworld_war_ii_cooling_a_mir_1.html
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  • The Spatial Pattern and Mechanisms of Heat Content Change in the North Atlantic

    • M. S. Lozier, S. Leadbetter, R. G. Williams, V. Roussenov, M. S. C. Reed, N. J. Moore
      Original article citation: Science doi:10.1126/science.1146436 (2008)

    • Categories: Climate Variability, Regional Climate, and Anthropogenic change
    • Recommended by the Editor: Anna Barnett on 01/17/2008 04:23PM GMT
      
      Uneven warming of the North Atlantic Ocean during the last half-century may be caused by changes in the natural climate system, concludes a new analysis by Susan Lozier and co-workers. Since the observed variations in regional heat gain and loss are great enough to mask an underlying greenhouse warming trend, the authors warn it is too early to know whether the changes in heat content are partly due to anthropogenic climate change. A Research Highlight summarizing this paper will appear next week on the Nature Reports Climate Change site.
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  • Assessing risks of climate variability and climate change for Indonesian rice agriculture

    • R. L. Naylor, D. S. Battisti, D. J. Vimont, W. P. Falcon, M. B. Burke
      Original article citation: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104," (2007).

    • Categories: Climate Variability, Regional Climate, and Society
    • Recommended by the Editor: Olive Heffernan on 06/06/2007 09:21PM GMT
      
      This paper, which appeared in PNAS at the start of May, suggests that rice agriculture in Indonesia could suffer considerable damage as a result of long-term climate change. The researchers used a set of IPCC global climate models to look at how climate change could affect precipitation in Indonesia over the next 50 years. They found that the probability of harmful delays of more than 30 days could more than double by 2050.
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