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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... indicate that carbon dioxide amounts would continue to increase well beyond the year 2050 , perhaps even to a quadrupling . Because I speak with credentials as a physical scientist , I do not offer personal opinions on what society ...
... indicate that carbon dioxide amounts would continue to increase well beyond the year 2050 , perhaps even to a quadrupling . Because I speak with credentials as a physical scientist , I do not offer personal opinions on what society ...
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... indicate that the magnitude of the Schlesinger and Ramankutty period is insufficient to explain any statistically significant portion of current transient model errors in the Northern Hemisphere . Page 32 , lines 4-5 . This is a ...
... indicate that the magnitude of the Schlesinger and Ramankutty period is insufficient to explain any statistically significant portion of current transient model errors in the Northern Hemisphere . Page 32 , lines 4-5 . This is a ...
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... indicate that a rapid rise occurred around 1920 , and that made the 1920s and 1930s the warmest decades since at least around 1400. This rise was prior to the major greenhouse emissions . Since then , composite temperatures have dropped ...
... indicate that a rapid rise occurred around 1920 , and that made the 1920s and 1930s the warmest decades since at least around 1400. This rise was prior to the major greenhouse emissions . Since then , composite temperatures have dropped ...
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... indicate that a rapid rise occurred around 1920 , and that made the 1920s and 1930s the warmest decades since at least around 1400. This rise was prior to the major greenhouse emissions . Since then , composite temperatures have dropped ...
... indicate that a rapid rise occurred around 1920 , and that made the 1920s and 1930s the warmest decades since at least around 1400. This rise was prior to the major greenhouse emissions . Since then , composite temperatures have dropped ...
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... indicate a climate sensitivity lesser than that implied by the models in the past . I do not agree that his analysis is logical or straightforward in that he is appealing to a comparison of a realistic case , namely the last 15 years ...
... indicate a climate sensitivity lesser than that implied by the models in the past . I do not agree that his analysis is logical or straightforward in that he is appealing to a comparison of a realistic case , namely the last 15 years ...
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