Our Changing Climate

Authors

David R. Easterling, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
David W. Fahey, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
Katherine Hayhoe, Texas Tech University
Sarah Doherty, University of Washington
James P. Kossin, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
William V. Sweet, NOAA National Ocean Service
Russell S. Vose, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Michael F. Wehner, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Donald J. Wuebbels, University of Illinois

Date of this Version

2018

Document Type

Learning Object

Citation

Chapter2 in Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II. D. R. Reidmiller, C. W. Avery, D. R. Easterling, K. E. Kunkel, K. L. M. Lewis, T. K. Maycock, and B. C. Stewart, editors. United States Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA, pages 72–144

doi: 10.7930/NCA4.2018.CH2

Comments

United States government work

Abstract

This chapter is based on the Climate Science Special Report (CSSR), which is Volume I of the Fourth National Climate Assessment (available at science2017.globalchange.gov). The Key Messages and the majority of the content represent the highlights of CSSR, updated with recent references relevant to these topics. The interested reader is referred to the relevant chapter(s) in CSSR for more detail on each of the Key Messages that follow.