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UAF scientist among authors of international climate report

04-11-2007 · EurekAlert!

University of Alaska Fairbanks climate scientist John Walsh is among the lead authors of the second volume of the Fourth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The volume, "Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability," analyzes how climate change is affecting natural and human systems. It also examines future effects of climate change and how adaptation can reduce those effects. Walsh was a lead author of the chapter on polar regions.

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