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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... mean value . " This means that certain regions of the globe are apt to warm much more than the global average . Some areas would not warm much at all or could even cool slightly . We do not now understand where each of these regions ...
... mean value . " This means that certain regions of the globe are apt to warm much more than the global average . Some areas would not warm much at all or could even cool slightly . We do not now understand where each of these regions ...
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... mean , variability , and extreme values of each important element for that activity , for every region of the earth where it would have an impact , for all times of the year . If this cannot be done , then we must at least determine the ...
... mean , variability , and extreme values of each important element for that activity , for every region of the earth where it would have an impact , for all times of the year . If this cannot be done , then we must at least determine the ...
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... mean by the word climate ? Climate is usefully defined as the average of the weather we experience over a ten- or twenty - year time period . Long - term temperature and rainfall changes are typical measures of climate change , and ...
... mean by the word climate ? Climate is usefully defined as the average of the weather we experience over a ten- or twenty - year time period . Long - term temperature and rainfall changes are typical measures of climate change , and ...
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... mean , scientists are just like everybody else , they have their own opinions on things . Another example is , I think there are very few scientists that are qualified to make pronouncements on the big picture of whether global warming ...
... mean , scientists are just like everybody else , they have their own opinions on things . Another example is , I think there are very few scientists that are qualified to make pronouncements on the big picture of whether global warming ...
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... mean- Mr. PRINN . The point I was trying to make Mr. ROEMER ( continuing ) . —The developing countries being left out ? Mr. PRINN . Well , developing countries have clearly got to be on board and it was too bad that there was a ...
... mean- Mr. PRINN . The point I was trying to make Mr. ROEMER ( continuing ) . —The developing countries being left out ? Mr. PRINN . Well , developing countries have clearly got to be on board and it was too bad that there was a ...
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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...