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Earth’s temperature and climate

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This paper presents a short history of the studies regarding climate and climate change, from the late 18th century, beginning with Fourier, to the present day, when international conferences are taking place to determine how climate change can be managed.

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  1. Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via della Ricerca scientifica 1, 00133, Rome, Italy

    Elena Prestini

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Adapted from Chapter 10 of the same author’s The Evolution of Applied Harmonic Analysis (2nd ed.), Birkhäuser, New York, 2017.

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Prestini, E. Earth’s temperature and climate. Lett Mat Int 5, 293–296 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40329-017-0204-2

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