Climate Science of 2020


                   U. S. Drought Monitor 



The Top Five Climate Stories of 2020 (Andrea THOMPSON, Scientific American; December 22, 2020)
Climate change:  Threshold for dangerous warming will likely be crossed between 2027-2042 (News, MCGILL University; December 21, 2020)

Selected Research Articles:


An observation-based scaling model for climate sensitivity estimates and global projections to 2100 (HÉBERT et al., 2020)

Return to different climate states by reducing sulphate aerosols under future  CO2 concentrations (TAKEMURA, 2020)


Websites:


United in Science 
[World Meteorological Society (WMO)]

Global Temperature and Precipitation Maps (NOAA)

Data Snapshots 
(Climate.gov)

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