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Adapting to nonlinear change

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As atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations rise, some regions are expected to warm more than others. Now research suggests that whether warming will intensify or slow down over time also depends on location.

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Figure 1: Doubling differences in 1,500-year Community Climate System Model version 3 simulations, computed by taking the difference between the surface temperature change resulting from two doublings of carbon dioxide concentrations.

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  1. Alexandra K. Jonko is at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA,

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