...period (an average rate three to six times faster than that of the last 100 yearsl. It concluded that ' the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate'. Although confidence in the modelling has increased, there remain many uncertainties which make it difficult...

...greenhouse gases. 1. INTRODUCTION The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has reported [1] that "the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate". Emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide are the main contributors to this expected change...

...historical record that especially large changes are likely in the next few decades. (Cabinet Office 1980) The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate. (IPCCWGI1996) Although we do not have data reaching back many hundreds of years, by comparing observations...

...greenhouse gas concentrations have continued to increase, (2) climate has changed over the past century, (3) the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate, and (4) climate is expected to continue to change in the future. Clearly, altering our Earth's atmosphere...

...findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Houghton et al. 1996) confirm that 'the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate' and that 'more convincing recent evidence for the attribution of a human effect on climate is emerging...',...

...Working Group I, show that the observed warming trend is "unlikely to be entirely natural in origin." The balance of evidence suggests a "discernible human influence on global climate." Despite recent improvements, climate models are still unable to project the details of climate change...

...analysis issued by the IPCC through 19%.) Among the principal findings of the 1995 assessment were mat • "the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate"; • the increase in mean global surface air temperature between 1990 and 2100 under a mid-range emissions...

...precipitation and flooding in some regions and more severe aridity in other areas. The IPCC concluded that "The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate.' The wanning is expected to expand the geographical ranges of malaria and dengue fever and to open large...

...international scientific assessment prepared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — that 'the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate." Put another way, in the view of the vast majority of US and international climate scientists, it is...

...band of skeptics," asserting "growing support within the scientific community" for the IPCC view that "the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate" (Nature 1996). Of course, consensus knowledge is not immune to error, and it can discourage or deemphasize...