Countdown to Kyoto, Parts I-III: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, October 7, 9, and November 6, 1997, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998 - 2418 pages |
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... dioxide is small , about 1 % of the Earth's natural cooling rate ; 2 ) naturally occurring water vapor is a far more important greenhouse gas than is carbon dioxide , and it varies considerably in space and time ; 3 ) the feedback ...
... dioxide is small , about 1 % of the Earth's natural cooling rate ; 2 ) naturally occurring water vapor is a far more important greenhouse gas than is carbon dioxide , and it varies considerably in space and time ; 3 ) the feedback ...
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... dioxide , are increasing and that these gases warm the surface by enhancing the natural greenhouse effect . These facts are undisputed . But these gases are not the only cause of climate change . When the most recent climate model ...
... dioxide , are increasing and that these gases warm the surface by enhancing the natural greenhouse effect . These facts are undisputed . But these gases are not the only cause of climate change . When the most recent climate model ...
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... dioxide , and slowly reducing it . The only way to do this is to include burning less coal and oil in the response . Reforestation and reduction of other greenhouse gases will have some impact , but any meaningful combination of ...
... dioxide , and slowly reducing it . The only way to do this is to include burning less coal and oil in the response . Reforestation and reduction of other greenhouse gases will have some impact , but any meaningful combination of ...
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... dioxide . The concentrations of carbon dioxide and some other long - lived gases ( methane , nitrous oxide , chlorofluorocarbons , lower atmospheric ozone ) have increased substantially over the past two centuries due at least in part ...
... dioxide . The concentrations of carbon dioxide and some other long - lived gases ( methane , nitrous oxide , chlorofluorocarbons , lower atmospheric ozone ) have increased substantially over the past two centuries due at least in part ...
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... dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000 , then bring their emissions down to 20 % below 1990 by 2010 , and finally hold them at this level thereafter . There are no restrictions on any of the countries outside the OECD . The ...
... dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000 , then bring their emissions down to 20 % below 1990 by 2010 , and finally hold them at this level thereafter . There are no restrictions on any of the countries outside the OECD . The ...
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Page 558 - Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
Page 571 - the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate...
Page 589 - Affirming that responses to climate change should be coordinated with social and economic development in an integrated manner with a view to avoiding adverse impacts on the latter, taking into full account the legitimate priority needs of developing countries for the achievement of sustained economic growth and the eradication of poverty...
Page 45 - J. Antsaklis received his Diploma in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece in 1972 and his M.Sc and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Brown University, Providence, RI in 1974 and 1977, respectively.
Page 595 - Our ability to quantify the human influence on global climate is currently limited because the expected signal is still emerging from the noise of natural variability, and because there are uncertainties in key factors. These include the magnitude and patterns of...
Page 581 - desertification' means land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities...
Page 6 - Nevertheless, the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate.
Page 596 - IPCC scenario (IS92e) combined with a "high" value of climate sensitivity gives a warming of about 3.5°C. In all cases the average rate of warming would probably be greater than any seen in the last 10,000 years, but the actual annual to decadal changes would include considerable natural variability. Regional temperature changes could differ substantially from the global mean value. Because of the thermal inertia of the oceans, only 50-90% of the eventual equilibrium temperature change would have...
Page 162 - Economic studies have found that there are many potential policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for which the total benefits outweigh the total costs. For the United States in particular, sound economic analysis shows that there are policy options that would slow climate change without...
Page 581 - CO2 equilibrium conditions, a substantial fraction (a global average of one-third, varying by region from one-seventh to twothirds) of the existing forested area of the world will undergo major changes in broad vegetation types — with...