Scientific Integrity and Public Trust: The Science Behind Federal Policies and Mandates : Case Study 2--climate Models and Projections of Potential Impacts of Global Climate Change : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, November 16, 1995, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1996 - 1190 pages |
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... Second Assessment Report , 1995 Copy of the final text of Summary for Policymakers of the Contribu- tion of Working Group III to the IPCC Second Assessment Report , 1995 . Tab E ( Question 4 ) : 345 352 370 399 Copy of IPCC guidelines ...
... Second Assessment Report , 1995 Copy of the final text of Summary for Policymakers of the Contribu- tion of Working Group III to the IPCC Second Assessment Report , 1995 . Tab E ( Question 4 ) : 345 352 370 399 Copy of IPCC guidelines ...
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... second , the amount of federal expenditures for the modeling efforts . In general , we found that the models were better today than they were a decade ago at predicting climate change . Despite these im- provements , however , their ...
... second , the amount of federal expenditures for the modeling efforts . In general , we found that the models were better today than they were a decade ago at predicting climate change . Despite these im- provements , however , their ...
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... second major limiting factor is insufficient computing power to process the vast quantities of data required to more accurately simulate changes in the global climate . Modelers try to overcome this limitation by introducing assumptions ...
... second major limiting factor is insufficient computing power to process the vast quantities of data required to more accurately simulate changes in the global climate . Modelers try to overcome this limitation by introducing assumptions ...
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... second one has no basis in data except in the imagination of Paul Ehrlich , Donella Meadows , and Lester Brown , three folks who have yet to make an accurate prediction about the world food system . That's not a good record for 60 ...
... second one has no basis in data except in the imagination of Paul Ehrlich , Donella Meadows , and Lester Brown , three folks who have yet to make an accurate prediction about the world food system . That's not a good record for 60 ...
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... second of this . But I appreciate your listening through our wrangling and you are here at one of the most partisan times you could be here . But it is important we listen to you , regardless of whether you are the most green person in ...
... second of this . But I appreciate your listening through our wrangling and you are here at one of the most partisan times you could be here . But it is important we listen to you , regardless of whether you are the most green person in ...
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