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“I know there is pressure to present a nice tidy story as regards 'apparent unprecedented warming in a thousand years or more in the proxy data' but in reality the situation is no quite so simple.”

Quote by Keith Briffa

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Keith Briffa is a renowned climate scientist, born in 1952. His research focuses on climate change, particularly in the field of tree ring records and climate reconstruction. Professor Briffa's work is significant for understanding the historical and future trends of global climate change. more

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