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Changes in atmospheric constituents and in radiative forcing. The physical science basis summary for policymakers contribution of working group i to the fourth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change this summary for policymakers was formally approved at the 10th session of working group i of the ipcc, paris, february 2007. The physical science basis jonathan gregory walker institute for climate system research, department of meteorology, university of reading and met office hadley centre, exeter with thanks to peter stott, martin manning, thomas stocker, peter lemke and nathan bindoff. Ipcc intergovernmental panel on climate change page 1 of 2. The physical science assessment focuses on four topics. Climate change 2007 physical science basis working group i. The physical science basis, assesses the current scientific knowledge of the natural and human drivers of climate change, observed chang slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Fourth assessment report climate change 2007 the physical. Its job is to report periodically on the state of scientific knowledge on climate change. What is your opinion of the very recent report, climate change 2007. Blanket bogcharacterized by an almost complete landscape covering of undecayed organic peatis a highly distinctive biome restricted to regions that. Ipcc released its fourth working group 1 wg1 assessment report on the state of understanding of the physical science basis of climate change in paris in february 2007. This ipcc working group i report brings us completely uptodate on the full range of scientific aspects of climate change. All chapters contain frequently asked questions in which the authors provide scientific answers to a range of general questions in an accessible form.
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