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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... concentrations of greenhouse gases exert a global warming influence . The global climate models in turn incorporate both existing knowledge , as well as assumptions about inadequately understood matters , such as the role of clouds in ...
... concentrations of greenhouse gases exert a global warming influence . The global climate models in turn incorporate both existing knowledge , as well as assumptions about inadequately understood matters , such as the role of clouds in ...
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... concentrations should have produced a larger mean warming than has been observed . " That is a very polite way of saying that those people who were derided as a small minority in fact were correct . The models were too warm . And ...
... concentrations should have produced a larger mean warming than has been observed . " That is a very polite way of saying that those people who were derided as a small minority in fact were correct . The models were too warm . And ...
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... concentrations are already levelling off . 3.15 This is inconsistent with the policymakers summary . It should say ( see my earlier text ) less than .08 ° C / decade to .24 ° / decade with sulfates and .... analogous figures without ...
... concentrations are already levelling off . 3.15 This is inconsistent with the policymakers summary . It should say ( see my earlier text ) less than .08 ° C / decade to .24 ° / decade with sulfates and .... analogous figures without ...
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... concentrations are higher now than at any time during the last 160,000 years , the period for which there is reliable ice - core data , and probably significantly longer . In addition , the atmospheric concentrations of sulfate aerosols ...
... concentrations are higher now than at any time during the last 160,000 years , the period for which there is reliable ice - core data , and probably significantly longer . In addition , the atmospheric concentrations of sulfate aerosols ...
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... concentrations of greenhouse gases at a level that would avoid " dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system . " Of specific concern are the relationships between emissions and atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse ...
... concentrations of greenhouse gases at a level that would avoid " dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system . " Of specific concern are the relationships between emissions and atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse ...
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