| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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