The Climatic Research Unit is widely recognised as one of the world's leading institutions concerned with the study of natural and anthropogenic climate change.

Consisting of a staff of around thirty research scientists and students, the Unit has developed a number of the data sets widely used in climate research, including the global temperature record used to monitor the state of the climate system, as well as statistical software packages and climate models.

The aim of the Climatic Research Unit is to improve scientific understanding in three areas:

    * past climate history and its impact on humanity;
    * the course and causes of climate change during the present century;
    * prospects for the future.

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