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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... significantly above preindustrial levels ; and that increased concentrations of greenhouse gases exert a global warming ... significant reductions in the current uncertainties of predicting cli- mate change will require sustained efforts ...
... significantly above preindustrial levels ; and that increased concentrations of greenhouse gases exert a global warming ... significant reductions in the current uncertainties of predicting cli- mate change will require sustained efforts ...
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... significant economic consequences , and must be based on a sound understanding of the issues . One such major issue that should be considered when discussing the implications of global warming and the appropriate actions to control ...
... significant economic consequences , and must be based on a sound understanding of the issues . One such major issue that should be considered when discussing the implications of global warming and the appropriate actions to control ...
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... significant . A trend that is not significant at an arbitrary ( say , α = .05 ) level is in fact not distinguishable from zero , and is therefore neither " rising " nor " falling " . Thus there are several points where , in order to ...
... significant . A trend that is not significant at an arbitrary ( say , α = .05 ) level is in fact not distinguishable from zero , and is therefore neither " rising " nor " falling " . Thus there are several points where , in order to ...
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... significant warming there is only in the night ( winter ) temperature . Change to " Significant warming of winters since the 1950s .... " Line 31Add : " Sansom ( 1989 ) [ Journal of Climate ] found no significant change in mean ...
... significant warming there is only in the night ( winter ) temperature . Change to " Significant warming of winters since the 1950s .... " Line 31Add : " Sansom ( 1989 ) [ Journal of Climate ] found no significant change in mean ...
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... significant change in any of these records since 1979 . Page 20 , lines 26-40 . Way to take something we didn't say and say we said it !!! Here's what the EOS paper ( Lins and Michaels , 1994 ) concludes in its final paragraph : " One ...
... significant change in any of these records since 1979 . Page 20 , lines 26-40 . Way to take something we didn't say and say we said it !!! Here's what the EOS paper ( Lins and Michaels , 1994 ) concludes in its final paragraph : " One ...
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