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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... additional computer time would be required to address just this one exist- ing limitation . Another simplification ... addition , they are collecting more data and conducting more re- search on the processes affecting climate and ...
... additional computer time would be required to address just this one exist- ing limitation . Another simplification ... addition , they are collecting more data and conducting more re- search on the processes affecting climate and ...
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... additional centuries . Global Surface Warming over the Past Century ( virtually certain ) The observed warming in the surface temperature records of about one degree fahrenheit cannot yet be unambiguously ascribed to greenhouse warming ...
... additional centuries . Global Surface Warming over the Past Century ( virtually certain ) The observed warming in the surface temperature records of about one degree fahrenheit cannot yet be unambiguously ascribed to greenhouse warming ...
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... additional warming . The most important development in the last two years is that it is now acknowledged that the community that argued for the lower numbers appears more likely to be correct . Moreover , it is apparent that the climate ...
... additional warming . The most important development in the last two years is that it is now acknowledged that the community that argued for the lower numbers appears more likely to be correct . Moreover , it is apparent that the climate ...
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... additional warming of 1.3 ° C ( 1.7-0.4 ° ) for doubled CO2 , which is exactly the value estimated by the " minority " scientists over the last decade . Nonetheless , I have reason to suspect that this model , too , is not correct . I ...
... additional warming of 1.3 ° C ( 1.7-0.4 ° ) for doubled CO2 , which is exactly the value estimated by the " minority " scientists over the last decade . Nonetheless , I have reason to suspect that this model , too , is not correct . I ...
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... additional informa- tion that is needed to answer some of the uncertainties that have been discussed , and I direct this to you , Dr. Mahlman . Dr. MAHLMAN . I appreciate the opportunity . I am a direct beneficiary and recipient of some ...
... additional informa- tion that is needed to answer some of the uncertainties that have been discussed , and I direct this to you , Dr. Mahlman . Dr. MAHLMAN . I appreciate the opportunity . I am a direct beneficiary and recipient of some ...
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