Chapter 2 : Our Changing Climate

Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: The Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II

https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/chapter/2/

DOI : 10.7930/NCA4.2018.CH2

Coordinating Lead Authors

• David R. Easterling
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Centers for Environmental Information NCEI
• David W. Fahey
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Earth System Research Laboratory

Lead Author

• Katharine Hayhoe
  • Texas Tech University

Authors

• Sarah Doherty
  • University of Washington Seattle
• James P. Kossin
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Centers for Environmental Information NCEI
• William V. Sweet
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service
• Russell S. Vose
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Centers for Environmental Information NCEI
• Michael F. Wehner
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Donald J. Wuebbles
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Contributors

• Robert E. Kopp
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• Kenneth E. Kunkel
  • North Carolina State University
• John W. Nielsen-Gammon
  • Texas A&M University College Station

Editor

• Linda O. Mearns
  • National Center for Atmospheric Research

Coordinators

• David J. Dokken
  • U.S. Global Change Research Program
• David R. Reidmiller
  • U.S. Global Change Research Program
  • U.S. Geological Survey

This chapter has 10 figures, 10 findings, 0 tables, and 341 references.

This work is referenced by:

• Indicator: Arctic Sea Ice Extent (reference)
• Indicator: U.S. Surface Temperatures (reference)
• Indicator: Global Surface Temperatures (reference)
• Indicator: Frost Free Season (reference)
• Indicator: Sea Surface Temperatures (reference)

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