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Research Article

Climate change impacts are sensitive to the concentration stabilization path

Brian C. O'Neill and Michael Oppenheimer
  1. *International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria; †Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912; and §Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs and Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544

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PNAS November 23, 2004 101 (47) 16411-16416; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0405522101
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  1. Communicated by James E. Hansen, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, July 30, 2004 (received for review May 3, 2004)

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vol. 101 no. 47 16411-16416
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0405522101
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15545606

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National Academy of Sciences
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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  • Published in issue November 23, 2004.
  • Published first November 15, 2004.

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  1. Brian C. O'Neill * , † , ‡ and
  2. Michael Oppenheimer §
  1. *International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria; †Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912; and §Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs and Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
  1. Communicated by James E. Hansen, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, July 30, 2004 (received for review May 3, 2004)

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  • ↵ ‡ To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: oneill{at}iiasa.ac.at.

  • Abbreviations: TAR, Third Assessment Report; SRES, Special Report on Emissions Scenarios; IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; SC, slow change; RC, rapid change; OS, overshoot; THC, Thermohaline Circulation.

  • Copyright © 2004, The National Academy of Sciences

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