The warming papers is a compendium of the classic scientific papers that constitute the foundation of the global warming forecast the paper trail ranges from fourier and arrhenius in the 19th century to manabe and hansen in modern times. The warming papers is a compendium of the classic scientific papers that constitute the foundation of the global warming forecast the paper trail ranges from fourier and arrhenius in the 19th century to manabe and hansen in modern times. Chosen for the 2011 asli choice honorable mention history category for a compendium of the key scientific papers that undergird the global warming forecast global warming is arguably the defining scientific issue of modern times but it is not widely appreciated that the foundations of our understanding were laid almost two centuries ago with the postulation of a greenhouse effect by . The warming papers the scientific foundation for the climate change forecast david archer and ray pierrehumbert eds john wiley sons 2010 paperback 432 pp isbn 978 1 4051 9616 1. The fundamentals of the science underlying the forecast for human induced climate change were being published and debated long before the issue rose to public prominence in the last few decades the warming papers is a compendium of the classic scientific papers that constitute the foundation of the global warming forecast