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RSSIPCC Third Assessment Report
The IPCC Third Assessment
Report is a product of the
Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change, which is
based in Geneva Switzerland,
and was established in 1988
by two United Nations
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Temperature record
The temperature record shows
the fluctuations of the
temperature of the
atmosphere and the oceans
through various spans of
time. The most detailed
information exists since
1850, when methodical
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Greenland ice sheet
The Greenland Ice Sheet is a
vast body of ice covering
roughly 80% of the surface
of Greenland. It is the
second largest ice body in
the world, after the
Antarctic Ice Sheet. The ice
sheet is almost 2,400
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Climate
The climate is the weather
averaged over a long period
of time. Weather is the
combination of events in the
atmosphere and climate is
the overall accumulated
weather in a certain
location. Over historic time
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Climate model
Climate models use quantitative methods to simulate the interactions of the atmosphere, oceans, land surface, and ice. They are used for a variety of purposes from study of the dynamics of the ... > more -
Geologic temperature record
This article is devoted to temperature changes in Earth's environment as determined from geologic evidence on multi-million to billion (109) year time scales. The last 3 million years have been ... > more -
Instrumental temperature record
The instrumental temperature record shows the fluctuations of the temperature of the atmosphere and the oceans since the invention of ... > more -
Antarctic ice sheet
The Antarctic ice sheet is the largest single mass of ice on Earth. It covers an area of almost 14 million square km and contains 30 million cubic km of ice. Around 90 percent of the fresh water on ... > more -
Temperature record of the past 1000 years
The temperature record of the past 1000 years describes the reconstruction of temperature for the last 1000 years on the Northern Hemisphere. A reconstruction is needed because a reliable surface ... > more -
Larsen Ice Shelf
The Larsen Ice Shelf is a long, fringing ice shelf in the northwest part of the Weddell Sea, extending along the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula from Cape Longing to the area just southward of ... > more -
Atmospheric chemistry
Atmospheric chemistry is a branch of atmospheric science in which the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere and that of other planets is studied. It is a multidisciplinary field of research and draws ... > more -
Scientific opinion on climate change
Various prominent bodies have commented on global warming, most notably the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). National and international scientific groups have issued statements both ... > more
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