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Spencer Weart
This website contains a history of research on global warming. It supplements a short monograph that tells the history of climate change research as a single story. The web site contains essays on a wide range of topics including factors that influence climate, data on climate changes, theories and models of climate, and societal issues.
This material can be used as a resource for teaching about physics issues impacting society, sustainability, or scientific methods.
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Year = {2008}
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