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Main Title Changing climate : report of the Carbon Dioxide Assessment Committee, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, National Research Council.
CORP Author National Research Council (U.S.). Carbon Dioxide Assessment Committee.
Publisher National Academy Press,
Year Published 1983
OCLC Number 10507894
ISBN 0309034256; 9780309034258
Subjects Atmospheric carbon dioxide--Environmental aspects--United States ; Climatic changes--United States ; Changement climatique ; Dioxyde de carbone ; Effets sur l'environnement ; Etats-Unis d'Am erique ; Atmosph are ; Kohlendioxid ; Klima anderung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; CLIMATE ; GREENHOUSE EFFECT ; AIR POLLUTION ; Climat--Changements-- Etats-Unis ; Climat--Changements--âEtats-Unis ; Atmosphèare ; Klimaèanderung
Additional Subjects National Research Council (US)--Carbon Dioxide Assessment Committee ; National Research Council (US)--Carbon Dioxide Assessment Committee ; Climatic changes ; Atmospheric carbon dioxide ; Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric
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National Academies Press https://www.nap.edu/catalog/18714/
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EJBM  QC981.8.C5C5 1983 2 copies Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 01/01/1988
EOAM  QC981.8.C5C5 Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO 01/01/1988
Collation xxiii, 496 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Notes
SYNTHESIS: The outlook -- Seriousness of projected changes -- Possible responses -- Recommendations / Carbon Dioxide Assessment Committee -- FUTURE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS FROM FOSSIL FUELS: Future paths of energy and carbon dioxide emissions / William D. Nordhaus and Gary W. Yohe -- A review of estimates of future carbon dioxide emissions / Jesse H. Ausubel and William D. Nordhaus -- PAST AND FUTURE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE: Carbon dioxide and the oceans / Peter G. Brewer -- Biotic effects on the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide a review and projection / George M. Woodwell -- The atmosphere / Lester Machta -- Methane hydrates in continental slope sediments and increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide / Roger R. Revelle -- Sensitivity studies using carbon cycle models / Lester Machta -- EFFECTS ON CLIMATE: Effects of carbon dioxide / Joseph Smagorinsky -- Effects of non-CO2 greenhouse gases / Lester Machta -- DETECTION AND MONITORING OF CO2-INDUCED CLIMATE CHANGES: Have CO2-induced surface temperature changes already occurred -- A strategy for monitoring co2-induced climate change / Gunter Weller, D. James Baker, Jr., W. Lawrence Gates, Michael c. MacCracken, Syukuro Manabe, and Thomas H. Vonder Haar -- AGRICULTURE AND A CLIMATE CHANGED BY MORE CARBON DIOXIDE: Effects of CO2 on photosynthesis and plant growth -- Predicting the changes in yield that will follow a change to a warmer, drier climate -- Pathogens and insect pests -- Irrigation in a warmer and drier climate -- Adapting to the change to a warmer, drier climate / Paul E. Waggoner -- EFEECTS OF A CARBON DIOXIDE INDUCED CLIMATIC CHANGE ON WATER SUPPLIES IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES: Empirical relationships among precipitation, temperature, and stream runoff -- Effects of climate change in seven western U.S. water regions -- The Colorado River -- Climate change and water resource systems / Roger R. Revelle and Paul E. Waggoner -- PROBABLE FUTURE CHANGES IN SEA LEVEL RESULTING FROM INCREASED ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE: The observed rise in sea level during past decades -- The future rise in sea level / Roger R. Revelle -- CLIMATIC CHANGE IMPLICATIONS FOR WELFARE AND POLICY: A schema for assessment and choice / Thomas C. Schelling.