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What we've learned in 2008

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Amanda Leigh Mascarelli looks at how far our understanding of climate change has come in the past twelve months.

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  • 06 January 2009

    The original text said that "a group of esteemed climate scientists on the Real Climate blog staked 5,000 euros against the prediction that falling temperatures in some regions will cause a slight slow down in global warming". In fact, the climate scientists offered the money, but the bet was ignored.

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Leigh, A. What we've learned in 2008. Nature Clim Change 1, 4–6 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/climate.2008.142

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