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Attributing cause and effect

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  • Francis Zwiers

    (Environment Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario M3H 5T4, Canada. francis.zwiers@ec.gc.ca)

  • Gabriele Hegerl

    (Gabriele Hegerl is in the School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK. gabi.hegerl@ed.ac.uk)

Abstract

The climate is changing, and so are aspects of the world's physical and biological systems. It is no easy matter to link cause and effect — the latest attack on the problem brings the power of meta-analysis to bear.

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  • Francis Zwiers & Gabriele Hegerl, 2008. "Attributing cause and effect," Nature, Nature, vol. 453(7193), pages 296-297, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:453:y:2008:i:7193:d:10.1038_453296a
    DOI: 10.1038/453296a
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    1. Dáithí Stone & Maximilian Auffhammer & Mark Carey & Gerrit Hansen & Christian Huggel & Wolfgang Cramer & David Lobell & Ulf Molau & Andrew Solow & Lourdes Tibig & Gary Yohe, 2013. "The challenge to detect and attribute effects of climate change on human and natural systems," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 121(2), pages 381-395, November.
    2. Morris, David J. & Speirs, Douglas C. & Cameron, Angus I. & Heath, Michael R., 2014. "Global sensitivity analysis of an end-to-end marine ecosystem model of the North Sea: Factors affecting the biomass of fish and benthos," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 273(C), pages 251-263.

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