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" These processes are already partially understood, and we are confident that the uncertainties can be reduced by further research. However, the complexity of the system means that we cannot rule out surprises. "
Global Warming and Other Environmental Consequences of Energy Strategies ... - Page 49
by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental Protection - 1991 - 332 pages
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Global Climate Change: Seeking a Global Consensus : Hearing Before the ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - 1990 - 68 pages
...the magnitude of climate change • oceans, which influence the timing and patterns of climate change polar ice sheets which affect predictions of sea level...that we cannot rule out surprises. our judgement is thai: • Global - mean surface air temperature has increased by 0.3°C to 0.6°C over the last 100...
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Global Climate Change and Greenhouse Emissions: Hearings Before ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment - 1991 - 440 pages
...some land ice. This amounts to a rise of about 20 cm in global mean sea level by 2030 and 65 cm by the end of the next century. There will be significant...the complexity of the system means that we cannot rale out surprises. Our judgement is that: o global-mean surface air temperature has increased by 0.3...
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Global Climate Change and Greenhouse Emissions: Hearings Before ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment - 1991 - 432 pages
...magnitude of climate change • oceans, which influence the timing and pattems of climate change • polar ice sheets which affect predictions of sea level...by further research. However, the complexity of the a) stem means that we cannot rule out surprises. Our I«4yAnvnnt Is that: • Global - mean surface...
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Dictionary of Global Climate Change

1992 - 260 pages
...ice sheets to a change of the radiative forcing caused by increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. These processes are already partially understood,...cannot rule out surprises. Our judgement is that: Global mean surface-air temperature has increased by 0.3°C to 0.6°C over the past 100 years, with...
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Potential environmental impacts of bioenergy crop production.

152 pages
...• oceans, and . polar ice sheets. These processes are already partially understood, and the IPCC is confident that the uncertainties can be reduced by...research. However, the complexity of the system means that surprises cannot be ruled out. The IPCC judgment is that: • Global mean surface air temperature has...
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Responding to Global Warming: The Technology, Economics and Politics of ...

Peter Read - 1994 - 324 pages
...IPCC, in its 'Policymakers' Summary' of its Scientific Assessment of Climate Change, to twice remark 'the complexity of the system means that we cannot rule out surprises' even though their main report is focused on their prediction of most likely outcomes under different...
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Global Warming: The Complete Briefing

John T. Houghton - 1997 - 270 pages
...change, • oceans, which influence the timing and patterns of climate change, • polar ice-sheets which affect predictions of sea level rise. These...the system means that we cannot rule out surprises.' busi ness-as-usual scenario of increasing carbon dioxide emissions next century, the rate of climate...
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Environmental Policy : Objectives, Instruments, and Implementation ...

Dieter Helm - 2000 - 350 pages
...rise by between 3 and 10 cm, per decade during the next century. Rather ominously, the IPCC noted that 'the complexity of the system means that we cannot rule out surprises'. (b) Unilateral Pledges Following publication of the IPCC's 1990 report, a number of OECD countries...
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Fueling Development: Energy Technologies for Developing Countries : Summary

1992 - 659 pages
...oceans, and • polar ice sheets. These processes are already partially understood, and the IPCC is confident that the uncertainties can be reduced by...research. However, the complexity of the system means that surprises cannot be ruled out. The IPCC judgment is that: . Global mean surface air temperature has...
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