PCIC science brief: Human-induced greening of the northern extratropical land surface

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2017-01

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Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC)

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Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC)

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This Science Brief covers recent research by Mao et al. (2016) published in Nature Climate Change. The authors find that the observed greening of the land surface between 30-75° north over the 1982-2011 period is largely due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.

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#science brief, UN SDG 13: Climate Action, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC)

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