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All IPCC definitions taken from Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Annex I, Glossary, pp. 941-954. Cambridge University Press.

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Peters et al 2015	Measuring a fair and ambitious climate agreement using cumulative emissions
Peters et al. (2015)	Measuring a fair and ambitious climate agreement using cumulative emissions
Peters et al. 2015	Measuring a fair and ambitious climate agreement using cumulative emissions
Peterson (2003)	Assessment of urban versus rural in situ surface temperatures in the contiguous United States: No difference found
Peterson 2003	Assessment of urban versus rural in situ surface temperatures in the contiguous United States: No difference found
Peterson 2008	The myth of the 1970s global cooling scientific consensus
Peterson et al. (2008)	The myth of the 1970s global cooling scientific consensus
Peterson et al. 2008	The myth of the 1970s global cooling scientific consensus
Petit et al 1999;	Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica
Petit et al. (2000)	Historical isotopic temperature record from the Vostok ice core
Petit et al. 1999	Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica
Petit et al. 2000	Historical isotopic temperature record from the Vostok ice core
PETM	Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Petri et al. (2010)	Carbon status and carbon sequestration potential in the world’s grasslands
Petri et al. 2010	Carbon status and carbon sequestration potential in the world’s grasslands
PFC	PFC
Pfeffer (2008)	Kinematic Constraints on Glacier Contributions to 21st-Century Sea-Level Rise
Pfeffer 2008	Kinematic Constraints on Glacier Contributions to 21st-Century Sea-Level Rise
Pfeffer et al. (2008)	Kinematic constraints on glacier contributions to 21st-century sea-level rise
Pfeffer et al. 2008	Kinematic constraints on glacier contributions to 21st-century sea-level rise
Pg	Pg
pH	pH
Philipona et al. (2004)	Radiative forcing‐measured at Earth's surface‐corroborate the increasing greenhouse effect
Philipona et al. (2004a)	Greenhouse effect and altitude gradients over the Alps ? by surface longwave radiation measurements and model calculated LOR
Philipona et al. 2004	Radiative forcing‐measured at Earth's surface‐corroborate the increasing greenhouse effect
Philipona et al. 2004a	Greenhouse effect and altitude gradients over the Alps ? by surface longwave radiation measurements and model calculated LOR
Phipps et al. (2013)	Paleoclimate datamodel comparison and the role of climate forcings over the past 1500 years*
Phipps et al. 2013	Paleoclimate datamodel comparison and the role of climate forcings over the past 1500 years*
Photosynthesis	Photosynthesis
phytoplankton	Phytoplankton
phytoplanktonic	Phytoplankton
Pitesky et al. (2009)	Clearing the air: Livestock's contribution to climate change
Pitesky et al. 2009	Clearing the air: Livestock's contribution to climate change
Plankton	Plankton
Plass (1956)	The Carbon Dioxide Theory of Climatic Change
Plass 1956	The Carbon Dioxide Theory of Climatic Change
Pleistocene	Pleistocene
Plous (1991)	Biases in the assimilation of technological breakdowns - do accidents make us safer
Plous 1991	Biases in the assimilation of technological breakdowns - do accidents make us safer
PLURV Poster	FLICC Poster
PLURV-Poster	FLICC Poster
Plutzer et al. (2016)	Climate confusion among US teachers
Plutzer et al. 2016	Climate confusion among US teachers
PMIP	PMIP
PMOD	PMOD
PNA	PNA
PNNL	PNNL
PNV	PNV
Po-Chedley et al. (2015)	Removing Diurnal Cycle Contamination in Satellite-Derived Tropospheric Temperatures: Understanding Tropical Tropospheric Trend Discrepancies
Po-Chedley et al. 2015	Removing Diurnal Cycle Contamination in Satellite-Derived Tropospheric Temperatures: Understanding Tropical Tropospheric Trend Discrepancies

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