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The working group i contribution to the ipccs fifth assessment report wgi ar5 provides a comprehensive assessment of the physical science basis of climate change. A variety of physical and chemical changes can affect the global energy balance and force changes in the earths climate. Cambridge university press, cambridge, united kingdom and new york, ny, usa, 1535 pp. Some of these changes are natural, while others are influenced by humans. Working group i contribution to the fifth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change kindle edition by intergovernmental panel on climate change. Schwartz environmental and climate sciences, brookhaven national laboratory, upton ny 11973. Unep 2012 policy implications of warming permafrost. Intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc climate. Working group i contribution to the fifth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on. Contribution of working group i to the fifth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate. Contribution of working group i to the fifth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change, t.
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