Does human activity widen the tropics?

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Georgieva, Katya, Kirov, Boian
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 13.03.2008
• Subjects: Climate change; Human behavior; Human influences; Position indicators; Solar activity; Widening

The progress article - Widening of the tropical belt in a changing climate - by Seidel et al. (2008) published in the first issue of Nature Geosciences, summarizes the results of several methods to determine the width of the tropical zone. All they show evidence that the tropics have been expanding...