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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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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
POA	POA
POC	POC
POLDER	POLDER
Pollen analysis	Pollen analysis
Polyak et al. (2010)	History of sea ice in the Arctic
Polyak et al. 2010	History of sea ice in the Arctic
POM	POM
Poore & Nemecek (2018)	Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers
Poore & Nemecek 2018	Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers
Poorter & Navas (2003)	Plant growth and competition at elevated CO2: on winners, losers and functional groups
Poorter & Navas 2003	Plant growth and competition at elevated CO2: on winners, losers and functional groups
Pope et al. (1994)	Impact winter and the Cretaceous/Tertiary extinctions: results of a Chicxulub asteroid impact model
Pope et al. 1994	Impact winter and the Cretaceous/Tertiary extinctions: results of a Chicxulub asteroid impact model
Post et al. (1990)	The global carbon cycle
Post et al. 1990	The global carbon cycle

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