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The Anthropogenic Greenhouse Era Began Thousands of Years Ago

Ruddiman, William F.·2003·Climatic Change

DOI 10.1023/b:clim.0000004577.17928.fa

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Authors: Ruddiman, W. F.
Affiliations: University of Virginia (US)
Corresponding author: Ruddiman, William F.
Venue: Climatic Change
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2003-12
Volume: 61
Issue: 3
Pages: 261-293
ISSN: 0165-0009 (ISSN-L)
1573-1480
DOI: 10.1023/b:clim.0000004577.17928.fa
OpenAlex: W2139562946
Semantic Scholar: 83a526a6d579874795e7852a395c3e44637efead
Cited by: 1,658
References: 62
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FWCI: 39.15
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
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Locations: Climatic Change (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
Social Sciences › Archeology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
Keywords: anthropogenic greenhouse effect, atmospheric CO2, methane, Holocene, ancient agriculture, forest clearing, rice irrigation, Little Ice Age, bubonic plague, farm abandonment, forest regeneration, carbon sequestration, orbital forcing, paleoclimate, Industrial Revolution, global warming

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