The Incredible Track Record of Early Climate Models
Thirty years ago, NASA scientist James Hansen testified to Congress that the age of climate change had arrived.
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- Hansen et al 1981 https://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/ha04600x.html
- Hansen et al 1988 https://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/ha02700w.html
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- STUDY FINDS WARMING TREND THAT COULD RAISE SEA LEVELS (1988) https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/22/us/study-finds-warming-trend-that-could-raise-sea-levels.html
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- Related Bush talk from 1992 “Environmental Issues at the Earth Summit” https://www.c-span.org/video/?26344-1/environmental-issues-earth-summit
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- James Hansen 1988 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U44y08OCrbw
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- James Hansen’s legacy: Scientists reflect on climate change in 1988, 2018, and 2048 https://grist.org/article/james-hansens-legacy-scientists-reflect-on-climate-change-in-1988-2018-and-2048
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