Prospects for a prolonged slowdown in global warming in the early 21st century

Rates of global mean surface temperature increases have recently slowed. Here, using climate models, Knutson et al. examine how internal variability influences temperature evolution, finding that the recent slowdown may persist if coincident with an overestimated transient climate response or intern...

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Main Authors: Thomas R. Knutson, Rong Zhang, Larry W. Horowitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13676