Climate Consensus: Steps Toward a Global Understanding of Climate

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The sea ice atop the Arctic Ocean can—as shown in this photograph from July 12, 2011—look more like Swiss cheese or a bright coastal wetland. Image source:Articles published for Earthzine’s Climate Consensus: Steps Toward a Global Understanding of Climate theme (Dec. 22, 2011-March 21, 2012) address current issues, techniques and applications of Earth information for assessing the state of the climate, predicting near and long-term variations, the social benefits of climate monitoring and the humanitarian implications of climate information.