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1 online resource |
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Climate change and its causes, effects and prediction |
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Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.
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ASSESSING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON THE UNITED STATES ; ASSESSING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON THE UNITED STATES ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL CHANGE ON THE UNITED STATES; SECTION I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ; I.1. Introduction ; I.2. Causes of Climate Change ; I.3. Trends and Projections of Physical Changes ; I.3.a. Temperature ; I.3.b. Precipitation, runoff, and drought ; I.3.c. Ice and snow ; I.3.d. Sea level ; I.3.e. Atlantic hurricanes ; I.3.f. Abrupt Climate Change ; I.3.g. Stratospheric ozone |
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I.4. Effects of Global Change on the Natural Environment and Human Systems I.4.a. Biological diversity, ecosystem composition, and the natural environment ; I.4.b. Agriculture and food production ; I.4.c. Water resources ; I.4.d. Social systems and settlements ; I.4.e. Human health ; I.4.f. Energy production, use, and distribution; I.4.g. Transportation ; SECTION II. INTRODUCTION ; II. 1. Objectives ; Sidebar ; II. 2. Relationship to Other Assessments and Primary Scientific Literature; II. 3. Characterization of Uncertainty ; II. 3.a. Description of confidence ; II. 3.b. Description of likelihood |
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II. 4. Report Structure SECTION III: EVALUATION OF OVERALL PROGRESS BY CCSP ; III. 1. Program Inputs ; III. 1.a. Surface-based observing networks ; III. 1.b. Satellite observations; III. 1.c. Field campaigns ; III. 1.d. Data management ; III. 1.e. Modeling ; III. 2. Program Outputs ; III. 2.a. Goal 1: Improve knowledge of the Earth's past and present climate ... ; III. 2.b. Goal 2: Improve quantification of the forces bringing about changes in the Earth's climate and related systems |
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III. 2.c. Goal 3: Reduce uncertainty in projections of how the Earth's climate and related systems may change in the future III. 2.d. Goal 4: Understand the sensitivity and adaptability of different natural and managed ecosystems and human systems to climate and related global changes ; III. 2.e. Goal 5: Explore the uses and identify the limits of evolving knowledge to manage risks and opportunities related to climate variability and change; SECTION IV. TRENDS AND PROJECTIONS OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ; IV. 1. Radiative Forcing and Observed Climate Change |
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IV. 1.a. Radiative forcing due to greenhouse gases and other factors Carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide; Fluorocarbons, chlorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride ; Ozone ; Water vapor ; Aerosols ; Land cover changes, linear contrails, and solar irradiance ; IV. 1.b. Observed temperature changes; Temperature trends ; Temperature patterns ; Temperature extremes ; Surface temperature over the last 2,000 years ; IV. 1.c. Observed precipitation changes ; Precipitation trends and patterns ; Precipitation extremes and storms ; IV. 1.d. Observed changes in other physical systems |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record |
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Climatic changes -- United States
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control.
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Climatic changes
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Ecology
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Environmental conditions
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McNeill, Alex B
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| LC no. |
2019714182 |
| ISBN |
9781616685379 |
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1616685379 |
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