1. Figures from Chapter 1, Earth’s Climate System,
by Ross J. Salawitch, Brian F. Bennett, Austin P. Hope, Walter R. Tribett and Timothy P. Canty
in Paris Climate Agreement: Beacon of Hope.
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2. Figure 1.1 Earth’s climate history, past 500 million years

3. Figure 1.1 (landscape) Earth’s climate history, past 500 million years

4. Figure 1.2 Temperature, GHGs, and population, Common Era

5. Figure 1.3 Radiative forcing of climate and temperature, Anthropocene

6. Figure 1.4 Radiative forcing of climate, various factors, Anthropocene

7. Figure 1.5 Temperature change profile, 19592012

8. Figure 1.6 Global carbon cycle, 1959present

9. Figure 1.7 Human fingerprint on rising CO2

10. Figure 1.8 Human fingerprint on hemispheric gradient of CO2

11. Figure 1.9 Global methane budget

12. Figure 1.10 The rise and fall of RF due to aerosols

13. Table 1.1 Global warming potentials

14. Table 1.2 Properties of long lived HFCs, PFCs, SF6, and NF3

15. Table 1.3 ΔRF values used in Fig 1.4