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Rahmstorf 2012Modeling sea level rise
Rahmstorf et al. (2012)Testing the robustness of semi-empirical sea level projections
Rahmstorf et al. 2012Testing the robustness of semi-empirical sea level projections
Ramli et al. (2016)On the investigation of photovoltaic output power reduction due to dust accumulation and weather conditions
Ramli et al. 2016On the investigation of photovoltaic output power reduction due to dust accumulation and weather conditions
Randel 2009An update of observed stratospheric temperature trends
Randel et al. (2009)An update of observed stratospheric temperature trends
Ranney (2015)Climate change conceptual change: Scientific information can transform attitudes
Ranney & Clark (2016)Climate Change Conceptual Change: Scientific Information Can Transform Attitudes
Ranney & Clark 2016Climate Change Conceptual Change: Scientific Information Can Transform Attitudes
Ranney 2015Climate change conceptual change: Scientific information can transform attitudes
Raphael et al. (2020)Heightened tropical cyclone activity in the North Atlantic: natural variability or climate trend?
Raphael et al. 2020Heightened tropical cyclone activity in the North Atlantic: natural variability or climate trend?
Rapid climate changeAbrupt climate change
Rapp et al. (2014)Amazing stories: Acquiring and avoiding inaccurate information from fiction
Rapp et al. 2014Amazing stories: Acquiring and avoiding inaccurate information from fiction
Rasool & Schneider (1971)Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Aerosols: Effects of Large Increases on Global Climate
Rasool & Schneider 1971Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Aerosols: Effects of Large Increases on Global Climate
RATPACRATPAC
Raup & Sepkoski (1982)Mass Extinctions in the Marine Fossil Record
Raup & Sepkoski 1982Mass Extinctions in the Marine Fossil Record
Raupach et al. (2008)Anthropogenic and biophysical contributions to increasing atmospheric CO 2 growth rate and airborne fraction
Raupach et al. (2014)Sharing a quota on cumulative carbon emissions
Raupach et al. 2008Anthropogenic and biophysical contributions to increasing atmospheric CO 2 growth rate and airborne fraction
Raupach et al. 2014Sharing a quota on cumulative carbon emissions
Raven et al (2005)Ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide
Raven et al 2005Ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide
Raymond et al. (2020)The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance
Raymond et al. 2020The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance
RCMRCM
Re-interpreting randomnessLogical Fallacy: Re-interpreting randomness
REAREA
ReanalysisReanalysis
Reconstructing the evolution of ice sheets, sea level, and atmospheric CO2 during the past 3.6 million yearsBerends et al. (2020)
ReconstructionReconstruction
Red HerringLogical Fallacy
ReforestationReforestation
Regehr et al. (2007)Effects of earlier sea ice breakup on survival and population size of polar bears in western Hudson Bay
Regehr et al. 2007Effects of earlier sea ice breakup on survival and population size of polar bears in western Hudson Bay
RegimeRegime
Reid (1997)Solar Forcing of Global Climate Change Since The Mid-17th Century
Reid 1997Solar Forcing of Global Climate Change Since The Mid-17th Century
Reinterpreting randomnessLogical Fallacy: Re-interpreting randomness
Relative sea levelRelative sea level
REMLREML
Renne et al. (2013)Time scales of critical events around the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary
Renne et al. 2013Time scales of critical events around the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary
Rennie 2014The international surface temperature initiative global land surface databank: monthly temperature data release description and methods
Rennie et al. (2014)The international surface temperature initiative global land surface databank: monthly temperature data release description and methods
ReservoirReservoir
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