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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This work synthesizes climate models and Earth system observations produced by
agencies all over the world, but especially by NOAA in the United States. We are
deeply grateful for these valuable contributions to our ability to track changes on the
planet. This manuscript and the analysis were improved by helpful suggestions from
Erick F. Geiger, Derek Manzello, Blake L. Spady, Alistair Hobday, and two anonymous
reviewers. Financial support for this work was provided by the Bezos Earth Fund and
the CO2 Foundation (AJP, JG).
AUTHORS
Andrew J. Pershing (apershing@climatecentral.org), Climate Central Inc., Princeton,
NJ, USA. John F. Bruno, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Joseph Giguere, Climate Central Inc., Princeton,
NJ, USA. Alexandra Khrizman, Department of Earth System Science, Doerr School of
Sustainability, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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