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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... carbon dioxide will lead to a marked lowering of upper stratospheric temperatures , within the range of 15 ° - 30 ° fahrenheit . Long Time to Draw Down Excess Carbon Dioxide ( virtually certain ) We know that it takes decades to ...
... carbon dioxide will lead to a marked lowering of upper stratospheric temperatures , within the range of 15 ° - 30 ° fahrenheit . Long Time to Draw Down Excess Carbon Dioxide ( virtually certain ) We know that it takes decades to ...
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... carbon tax on producer nations , prevents malaria . Carbon taxes help it by destroying the benificent economies . 4.7 Sounds like an assertion at an undergraduate bull session . Prove it or remove it . 5.5 and its ilk neglect the ...
... carbon tax on producer nations , prevents malaria . Carbon taxes help it by destroying the benificent economies . 4.7 Sounds like an assertion at an undergraduate bull session . Prove it or remove it . 5.5 and its ilk neglect the ...
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... carbon dioxide expressed in degrees Fahrenheit ? " Today we are asking a different question . What do we expect roughly in the middle of the next century at the time of approxi- mate onset of the equivalent of doubling carbon dioxide if ...
... carbon dioxide expressed in degrees Fahrenheit ? " Today we are asking a different question . What do we expect roughly in the middle of the next century at the time of approxi- mate onset of the equivalent of doubling carbon dioxide if ...
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... carbon dioxide , methane , and nitrous oxide and enhancing carbon sinks . A number of measures could conserve and sequester substantial amounts of carbon ( approximately an additional 60-90 GtC in the forestry sector alone ) over the ...
... carbon dioxide , methane , and nitrous oxide and enhancing carbon sinks . A number of measures could conserve and sequester substantial amounts of carbon ( approximately an additional 60-90 GtC in the forestry sector alone ) over the ...
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... carbon - to - nitrogen ratio of forage for herbivores , thus reducing its food value . Shifts in temperature and ... carbon could be released into the atmosphere during transitions from one forest type to anoth- er because the rate at ...
... carbon - to - nitrogen ratio of forage for herbivores , thus reducing its food value . Shifts in temperature and ... carbon could be released into the atmosphere during transitions from one forest type to anoth- er because the rate at ...
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