Blowing Hot and Cold
- 22 March 2002
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 295 (5563) , 2227-2228
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1069486
Abstract
Tree-ring records play an important role in reconstructing climate change patterns over the last millenium. In their Perspective, Briffa and Osborn highlight the report by Esper et al. of a largely independent record of widespread tree-growth variations across the extra-tropical Northern Hemisphere. Estimates of past temperature changes based on the record suggest that climate swings in the last 1000 years were greater than has yet been generally accepted.Keywords
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