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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... production could be maintained relative to baseline production in the face of climate change under doubled equivalent CO2 equilibrium conditions . However , crop yields and changes in productivity due to climate change will vary ...
... production could be maintained relative to baseline production in the face of climate change under doubled equivalent CO2 equilibrium conditions . However , crop yields and changes in productivity due to climate change will vary ...
Page 101
... production . Productivity is projected to increase in some areas and decrease in others , especially the tropics and subtropics ( Table 2 ) . However , existing studies show that on the whole global agricultural production could be ...
... production . Productivity is projected to increase in some areas and decrease in others , especially the tropics and subtropics ( Table 2 ) . However , existing studies show that on the whole global agricultural production could be ...
Page 106
... production processes , eliminating solvents , replacing feed- stocks , materials substitution , increased recycling ... production can be increased from the present world average of about 30 % to more than 60 % in the longer term . Also ...
... production processes , eliminating solvents , replacing feed- stocks , materials substitution , increased recycling ... production can be increased from the present world average of about 30 % to more than 60 % in the longer term . Also ...
Page 107
... production cost of electricity . Another approach to decarbonization uses fossil fuel feed- stocks to make hydrogen - rich fuels . Both approaches generate a byproduct stream of CO2 that could be stored , for example , in depleted ...
... production cost of electricity . Another approach to decarbonization uses fossil fuel feed- stocks to make hydrogen - rich fuels . Both approaches generate a byproduct stream of CO2 that could be stored , for example , in depleted ...
Page 117
... production by transitional and developing coun- tries as their standards of living improve . Scientists understand much less about the time dependence of the anthropogenic excess of CO2 in the atmosphere . Most observers agree that the ...
... production by transitional and developing coun- tries as their standards of living improve . Scientists understand much less about the time dependence of the anthropogenic excess of CO2 in the atmosphere . Most observers agree that the ...
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