National Academy of Sciences' Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, May 7, 2003, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2006 - 38 pages |
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... believe any energy legislation can be truly meaningful unless it seeks to address climate change . Therefore , it is my intention to offer a modified version of the Cli- mate Stewardship Act as an amendment during the Senate's delib ...
... believe any energy legislation can be truly meaningful unless it seeks to address climate change . Therefore , it is my intention to offer a modified version of the Cli- mate Stewardship Act as an amendment during the Senate's delib ...
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... believe that there is a wealth of evidence that has been presented in National Academy reports and in international documents ultimately under the auspices of the United Nations , that indicates that climate change is highly likely to ...
... believe that there is a wealth of evidence that has been presented in National Academy reports and in international documents ultimately under the auspices of the United Nations , that indicates that climate change is highly likely to ...
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... believe that the plan itself regards deci- sions under uncertainty as a reasonable way to proceed , and says that the things it is doing are decision relevant but not the deci- sions itself , that is , those are the political issues ...
... believe that the plan itself regards deci- sions under uncertainty as a reasonable way to proceed , and says that the things it is doing are decision relevant but not the deci- sions itself , that is , those are the political issues ...
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... believe that the ice packs at the poles are melting ? Dr. SOLOW . I think there is excellent evidence that glaciers at high latitudes are melting , and I think The CHAIRMAN . I think that a visit to Glacier National Park would ...
... believe that the ice packs at the poles are melting ? Dr. SOLOW . I think there is excellent evidence that glaciers at high latitudes are melting , and I think The CHAIRMAN . I think that a visit to Glacier National Park would ...
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... believe the main challenge to be the timing . Sufficient time should pass from the first at- tempt to ensure that there has been enough progress in the underlying science to justify another large , national , multi - disciplinary and ...
... believe the main challenge to be the timing . Sufficient time should pass from the first at- tempt to ensure that there has been enough progress in the underlying science to justify another large , national , multi - disciplinary and ...
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Page 35 - Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
Page 34 - Committee, shall prepare and submit to the President and the Congress an assessment which — 1. integrates, evaluates, and interprets the findings of the Program and discusses the scientific uncertainties associated with such findings; 2. analyzes the effects of global change on the natural environment, agriculture, energy production and use, land and water resources, transportation, human health and welfare, human social systems, and biological diversity; and 3. analyzes current trends in global...
Page 21 - The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.
Page 23 - ... community input in revising the strategic plan. In fact, the approaches taken by the CCSP to receive and respond to comments from a large and broad group of scientists and stakeholders, including a two-stage independent review of the plan, set a high standard for government research programs. As a result, the revised strategic plan is much improved over its November 2002 draft, and now includes the elements of a strategic management framework that could permit it to effectively guide research...
Page 10 - The National Research Council is the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine, chartered by Congress in 1863 to advise the government on matters of science and technology.
Page 14 - US National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change, and an author in the IPCC Special Report on Land-Use Change and Forestry, and the Global Biodiversity Assessment Dr.
Page 2 - Summary ecent scientific evidence shows that major and widespread climate changes have occurred with startling speed. For example, roughly half the north Atlantic warming since the last ice age was achieved in only a decade, and it was accompanied by significant climatic changes across most of the globe.
Page 14 - ... financing has become an area of major controversy before the Ways and Means Committee. As a member of the committee, I am anxious to get back to participate in the debate. Accordingly, I will make my remarks brief. Chairman MOORHEAD. We are interested to hear that that is controversial. Mr. ROSTENKOWSKI. Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to testify before your subcommittee.
Page 2 - Thus, greenhouse warming and other human alterations of the earth system may increase the possibility of large, abrupt, and unwelcome regional or global climatic events.