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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... Natural Variability Adds Confusion ( virtually certain ) Climate varies naturally on time scales from months to centuries . This effect makes a greenhouse warming interpretation of the climate record much more difficult . Global - Mean ...
... Natural Variability Adds Confusion ( virtually certain ) Climate varies naturally on time scales from months to centuries . This effect makes a greenhouse warming interpretation of the climate record much more difficult . Global - Mean ...
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... natural climate fluctuations . Such natural fluctuations will continue to occur . On these shorter time scales , the natural fluctuations can artificially reduce or enhance apparent measured greenhouse warming signals . Even though ...
... natural climate fluctuations . Such natural fluctuations will continue to occur . On these shorter time scales , the natural fluctuations can artificially reduce or enhance apparent measured greenhouse warming signals . Even though ...
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... Natural gas used to produce 70 % of the carbon / btu of coal . Now its 58 % . What changed ? Better gas ? Dirtier coal ? New coal combustion ( ceramic ) technology will surely change this . Making this report a mandate to kill coal is ...
... Natural gas used to produce 70 % of the carbon / btu of coal . Now its 58 % . What changed ? Better gas ? Dirtier coal ? New coal combustion ( ceramic ) technology will surely change this . Making this report a mandate to kill coal is ...
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... naturally grow very well out of their competitive range . This is being written from Atlanta , where I'm surrounded by huge Red Spruce ( Picea rubens ) trees that are found " naturally " only above 5,500 feet here . Remarkably , they ...
... naturally grow very well out of their competitive range . This is being written from Atlanta , where I'm surrounded by huge Red Spruce ( Picea rubens ) trees that are found " naturally " only above 5,500 feet here . Remarkably , they ...
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... naturally on regional scales on time scales of decades . And a good climate model is one that simulates not only the mean but its variability reasonably well . Models ... natural variability that you cannot quantify , the quest that Dr. 65.
... naturally on regional scales on time scales of decades . And a good climate model is one that simulates not only the mean but its variability reasonably well . Models ... natural variability that you cannot quantify , the quest that Dr. 65.
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