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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... particularly true for measuring climate change . This needs a long - term commitment that is not yet evident . Without a better climate - change measuring system , neither our research nor our predictions can be properly evaluated ...
... particularly true for measuring climate change . This needs a long - term commitment that is not yet evident . Without a better climate - change measuring system , neither our research nor our predictions can be properly evaluated ...
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... particularly Antarctica ) , and perform worst where the sulfate effects were greatest . If these hypotheses were supported , then it seemed plausible that sulfates were a sufficient explanation for the planet's failure to warm a la the ...
... particularly Antarctica ) , and perform worst where the sulfate effects were greatest . If these hypotheses were supported , then it seemed plausible that sulfates were a sufficient explanation for the planet's failure to warm a la the ...
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... particularly because the projected warming is more likely to be night / winter / high latitude than anything else . There are plenty of regional changes within this magnitude range in the 20th century . Therefore the last sentence ...
... particularly because the projected warming is more likely to be night / winter / high latitude than anything else . There are plenty of regional changes within this magnitude range in the 20th century . Therefore the last sentence ...
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... particularly carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons are specifically attributed to human activities , was my specific statement . Mr. ROHRABACHER . But we are talking about global warming it- self being a product specifically of human ...
... particularly carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons are specifically attributed to human activities , was my specific statement . Mr. ROHRABACHER . But we are talking about global warming it- self being a product specifically of human ...
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... particularly large , is that in the land - based temperature record , which begins in the late 19th century , that record begins in a very cold period that some people refer to as the end of the little ice age . And so when we look at ...
... particularly large , is that in the land - based temperature record , which begins in the late 19th century , that record begins in a very cold period that some people refer to as the end of the little ice age . And so when we look at ...
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