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The Anthropogenic Greenhouse Era Began Thousands of Years Ago

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ID23387066
AuthorsWilliam F Ruddiman (University of Virginia, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume61
Issue3
Pages261-293
Publication date2003-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueClimatic Change (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0165-0009 • E-ISSN: 1573-1480
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1023/b:clim.0000004577.17928.fa
OpenAlexW2139562946
LanguageEN
Citations received350
References cited40

Archaeology · Climate change · Climatology · Geography · Global warming · Greenhouse gas · Holocene · Orbital forcing · Peat · Physical geography · Radiative forcing · Volcano · Environmental Science · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Oceanography · Paleontology · Tree-ring climate responses

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