Fiscal Year 2000 Climate Change Budget Authorization Request: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, April 14, 1999, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999 - 1457 pages |
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... that : " Our ability to quantify the human influence on global climate is currently limited because the expected signal is still emerging from the noise of natural variability , and because there are uncertainties in key factors .
... that : " Our ability to quantify the human influence on global climate is currently limited because the expected signal is still emerging from the noise of natural variability , and because there are uncertainties in key factors .
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| Title | Fiscal Year 2000 Climate Change Budget Authorization Request: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, April 14, 1999, Volume 4 Fiscal Year 2000 Climate Change Budget Authorization Request: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, April 14, 1999, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment |
| Editor | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | 13 Feb 2007 |
| ISBN | 0160596467, 9780160596469 |
| Length | 1457 pages |
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