| Ing-Marie Gren, R. Kerry Turner, Fredrik Wulff - 2000 - 242 pages
...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...',... | |
| B. Eliasson, P. Riemer, A. Wokaun - 1999 - 1205 pages
...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... | |
| Michael Pacione - 1999 - 682 pages
...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... | |
| Amy Mathews-Amos, Ewann Agenbroad Berntson - 1999 - 49 pages
...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... | |
| Wallace E. Oates - 1999 - 332 pages
...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... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science - 1999 - 1266 pages
...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... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science - 1999 - 1158 pages
...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... | |
| George E. Marcus - 1999 - 460 pages
...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... | |
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