Questions about the sensitivity of Earth's climate to greenhouse gas forcing challenge our understanding of climate change. Matthew Huber looks at what we can learn from past greenhouse periods.
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Huber, M. A sensitivity to history. Nature Geosci 6, 15–16 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1695
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