Strong remote control of future equatorial warming by off-equatorial forcing
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 13 January 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0667-6The relative roles of local and remote processes in determining equatorial warming are still debated. Model...
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Global warming is the kindling that caused extensive wildfire
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