Strengthened scientific support for the Endangerment Finding for atmospheric greenhouse gases
Author(s) -
Philip B. Duffy,
Christopher B. Field,
Noah S. Diffenbaugh,
Scott C. Doney,
Zoe Dutton,
Sherri W. Goodman,
Lisa Heinzerling,
Solomon Hsiang,
David B. Lobell,
Loretta J. Mickley,
Samuel S. Myers,
Susan M. Natali,
Camille Parmesan,
Susan F. Tierney,
Park Williams
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556
H-Index - 1186
eISSN - 1095-9203
pISSN - 0036-8075
DOI - 10.1126/science.aat5982
Subject(s) - greenhouse gas , environmental science , greenhouse effect , atmospheric sciences , climate change , global warming , ecology , biology , geology
We assess scientific evidence that has emerged since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2009 Endangerment Finding for six well-mixed greenhouse gases and find that this new evidence lends increased support to the conclusion that these gases pose a danger to public health and welfare. Newly available evidence about a wide range of observed and projected impacts strengthens the association between the risk of some of these impacts and anthropogenic climate change, indicates that some impacts or combinations of impacts have the potential to be more severe than previously understood, and identifies substantial risk of additional impacts through processes and pathways not considered in the Endangerment Finding.
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