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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... forest . 4.5 See 4.3c from the Policymakers Summary . Try sanitation rather than carbon taxes . Which is more effective ? 4.9 David Legates ( J Climatology ) demonstrated that the model forecasts of precipitation are childishly bad and ...
... forest . 4.5 See 4.3c from the Policymakers Summary . Try sanitation rather than carbon taxes . Which is more effective ? 4.9 David Legates ( J Climatology ) demonstrated that the model forecasts of precipitation are childishly bad and ...
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... forest in the western part of our country . All of these , of course , are testimony to enormous climate changes in the past , climate changes which presumably were not much , if at all , affected by the activities of man . Now more ...
... forest in the western part of our country . All of these , of course , are testimony to enormous climate changes in the past , climate changes which presumably were not much , if at all , affected by the activities of man . Now more ...
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... forest species grow , reproduce , and re - establish themselves . Therefore , species composition of impacted forests are likely to change . Entire forest systems may disappear , while new assemblages of species and hence new forest ...
... forest species grow , reproduce , and re - establish themselves . Therefore , species composition of impacted forests are likely to change . Entire forest systems may disappear , while new assemblages of species and hence new forest ...
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... forest species grow , reproduce and re - establish themselves . Therefore , species composition of impacted forests is likely to change , and entire forest types may disappear while new assemblages of species and hence new forest ...
... forest species grow , reproduce and re - establish themselves . Therefore , species composition of impacted forests is likely to change , and entire forest types may disappear while new assemblages of species and hence new forest ...
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... Forestry Beyond the use of biomass fuels to displace fossil fuels , the management of forests , agricultural lands , and rangelands can play an important role in reducing current emissions of carbon dioxide , methane , and nitrous oxide ...
... Forestry Beyond the use of biomass fuels to displace fossil fuels , the management of forests , agricultural lands , and rangelands can play an important role in reducing current emissions of carbon dioxide , methane , and nitrous oxide ...
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