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Hansen et al. 1981

Hansen, J., D. Johnson, A. Lacis, S. Lebedeff, P. Lee, D. Rind, and G. Russell, 1981: Climate impact of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide. Science, 213, 957-966, doi:10.1126/science.213.4511.957.

The global temperature rose 0.2°C between the middle 1960s and 1980, yielding a warming of 0.4°C in the past century. This temperature increase is consistent with the calculated effect due to measured increases of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Variations of volcanic aerosols and possibly solar luminosity appear to be primary causes of observed fluctuations about the mean trend of increasing temperature. It is shown that the anthropogenic carbon dioxide warming should emerge from the noise level of natural climate variability by the end of the century, and there is a high probability of warming in the 1980s. Potential effects on climate in the 21st century include the creation of drought-prone regions in North America and central Asia as part of a shifting of climatic zones, erosion of the West Antarctic ice sheet with a consequent worldwide rise in sea level, and opening of the fabled Northwest Passage.

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@article{ha04600x,
  author={Hansen, J. and Johnson, D. and Lacis, A. and Lebedeff, S. and Lee, P. and Rind, D. and Russell, G.},
  title={Climate impact of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide},
  year={1981},
  journal={Science},
  volume={213},
  pages={957--966},
  doi={10.1126/science.213.4511.957},
}

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AU  - Lee, P.
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TI  - Climate impact of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide
JA  - Science
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SP  - 957
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DO  - 10.1126/science.213.4511.957
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