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Climate Change We Human Are Responsible for

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Global surface air temperature has warmed about one degree during the industrial era. Continuous emission of greenhouse gases will cause further warming and long-lasting changes in all components of the climate system. In particular, changes in extreme weather and climate events will have inevitable impacts on human system.

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  1. Japan Meteorological Business Support Center, Tsukuba, Japan

    Akio Kitoh

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  1. Hokkaido University of Education, Sapporo, Japan

    Yukio Himiyama

  2. Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Kenji Satake

  3. Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Taikan Oki

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Kitoh, A. (2020). Climate Change We Human Are Responsible for. In: Himiyama, Y., Satake, K., Oki, T. (eds) Human Geoscience. Advances in Geological Science. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9224-6_20

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