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Milly et al. (2003)Contribution of climate-driven change in continental water storage to recent sea-level rise
Milly et al. 2003Contribution of climate-driven change in continental water storage to recent sea-level rise
Min et al. (2011)Human contribution to more-intense precipitation extremes
Min et al. 2011Human contribution to more-intense precipitation extremes
MINOSMINOS
MIPMIP
MIRAGEMIRAGE
Mirletz et al. (2023)Unfounded concerns about photovoltaic module toxicity and waste are slowing decarbonization
Mirletz et al. 2023Unfounded concerns about photovoltaic module toxicity and waste are slowing decarbonization
Mirzabaev et al. (2023)Severe climate change risks to food security and nutrition
Mirzabaev et al. 2023Severe climate change risks to food security and nutrition
MISOMISO
MISRMISR
MisrepresentationLogical Fallacy: Misrepresentation
Mitchell (1961)Recent secular changes of global temperature
Mitchell 1961Recent secular changes of global temperature
Mitchell et al. (2015)Observing and modeling the influence of layering on bubble trapping in polar firn
Mitchell et al. 2015Observing and modeling the influence of layering on bubble trapping in polar firn
MitigationMitigation
Mixing ratioMixing ratio
MJOMJO
MLSMLS
MMDMMD
MOCMOC
model hierarchyClimate model
model spectrumClimate model
Modes of climate variabilityModes of climate variability
MODISMODIS
molmol
Mole fractionMixing ratio
Monckton et al. (2015)Why models run hot: results from an irreducibly simple climate model.
Monckton et al. 2015Why models run hot: results from an irreducibly simple climate model.
MONEXMONEX
Monnin et al. (2004)Evidence for substantial accumulation rate variability in Antarctica during the Holocene, through synchronization of CO 2 in the Taylor Dome
Monnin et al. 2004Evidence for substantial accumulation rate variability in Antarctica during the Holocene, through synchronization of CO 2 in the Taylor Dome
MonsoonMonsoon
Montreal ProtocolMontreal Protocol
MOPITTMOPITT
Moran (1974)Some Misconceptions in Studies of Climate Modification
Moran 1974Some Misconceptions in Studies of Climate Modification
Morice et al. (2012)Quantifying uncertainties in global and regional temperature change using an ensemble of observational estimates: The HadCRUT4 data set
Morice et al. 2012Quantifying uncertainties in global and regional temperature change using an ensemble of observational estimates: The HadCRUT4 data set
Mörner & Etiope (2002)Carbon degassing from the lithosphere
Mörner & Etiope 2002Carbon degassing from the lithosphere
Motyka (2003)Little Ice Age subsidence and post Little Ice Age uplift at Juneau, Alaska, inferred from dendrochronology and geomorphology
Motyka 2003Little Ice Age subsidence and post Little Ice Age uplift at Juneau, Alaska, inferred from dendrochronology and geomorphology
Mouginot et al. (2014)Sustained increase in ice discharge from the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, from 1973 to 2013
Mouginot et al. (2019)Forty-six years of Greenland Ice Sheet mass balance from 1972 to 2018
Mouginot et al. 2014Sustained increase in ice discharge from the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, from 1973 to 2013
Moving GoalpostsLogical Fallacy: Moving Goalposts
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