I am pleased to announce launch of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Greenhouse Warming: A Selection of Key Articles, 1824-1995, with Interpretive Essays, the first edition of the National Science Digital Library’s “Classic Articles in Context” series. The concentration, which includes 21 pivotal studies spanning nearly two centuries, includes interpretive essays for each article written by noted science historian and author, Dr. James R. Fleming, of Colby College, who also selected the papers. Publishers/journals contributing to this premiere Classic Articles in Context collection include The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Science; American Geophysical Union,
Journal of Geophysical Research;
American Meteorological Society,
Journal of Atmospheric Science, Journal of Applied Meteorology; American Philosophical Society, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society; National Academies Press; The Rockefeller University Press; Royal Meteorological Society, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society; Springer, Climatic Change, Climate Dynamics; Taylor and Francis, Philosophical Magazine; Wiley-Blackwell, Tellus (now Tellus A and Tellus B); and Yale University Department of Geology/Geophysics, American Journal of Science.

We invite all NSDL Imprint, readers, especially researchers, instructors, and students of geoscience to share their thoughts on the landmark papers presented in the NSDL Classic Articles in Context edition on global warming. We welcome additional perspectives on these classic studies, suggestions of other important articles, and parallels to current work.

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