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Figure 10 Stevens, W.K. (1990) 'Clouds are yielding clues to climate change', New York Times Science Times, 24 April, copyright © 1990 The New York Times, reprinted by permission;

Figure 14 Copyright © US Geological Survey;

Figure 15 Copyright © Ken Abbot/National Ice Core Laboratory;

Figure 16a, 24 & 36 Adapted from Climate Change 2001-1, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2001;

Figure 16b, c & 30 Houghton , J.T. et al. (2001) Climate Change 2001, The Scientific Basis, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change;

Figure 18 Special Report of Emissions Scenarios, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change;

Figure 20 Kaufman, Y.J. et al. (2002) 'A Satellite view of aerosols in the climate system', Nature, 419, 12 September, copyright © Nature Publishing Group;

Figure 22 Copyright © Stephen J Krasemann/DRK Photo;

Figure 23 Introduction to Climate Change, UNEP/GRID, Arendal, Norway; Figure 3.5 Kunsthistorisches, Museum, Vienna/ Bridgeman Art Library;

Figure 28 Copyright © Ashley Cooper/ Alamy Images;

Figure 31 Copyright © Michelle Gray/ British Antarctic Survey;

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Figure 33 MODIS Images courtesy of NASA's Terra satellite, supplied by Ted Scambos, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.

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