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PamW

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Wed Dec 5, 2012, 11:29 AM Dec 2012

Human signature on Climate Change

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory discover a human "signature" on climate change:

A human-caused climate change signal emerges from the noise

https://www.llnl.gov/news/newsreleases/2012/Nov/NR-12-11-05.html

LIVERMORE, Calif. -- By comparing simulations from 20 different computer models to satellite observations, Lawrence Livermore climate scientists and colleagues from 16 other organizations have found that tropospheric and stratospheric temperature changes are clearly related to human activities.

The team looked at geographical patterns of atmospheric temperature change over the period of satellite observations. The team's goal of the study was to determine whether previous findings of a "discernible human influence" on tropospheric and stratospheric temperature were sensitive to current uncertainties in climate models and satellite data.

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