| Main Title |
Global Climatic Issues in the Coastal Wider Caribbean Region. |
| Author |
Gable, F. J. ;
Gentile, J. H. ;
Aubrey., D. G. ;
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| CORP Author |
Environmental Research Lab., Narragansett, RI. ;Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA. Coastal Research Center. |
| Publisher |
c1989 |
| Year Published |
1989 |
| Report Number |
EPA/600/J-90/245 ;ERLN-1210; |
| Stock Number |
PB91-116939 |
| Additional Subjects |
Climatic changes ;
Coasts ;
Caribbean Sea ;
Meteorological data ;
Oceanographic data ;
Legislation ;
Glaciation ;
History ;
Paleoclimatology ;
Weather forecasting ;
Climate ;
Ocean temperature ;
Mathematical models ;
Soil erosion ;
Hurricanes ;
Tropical storms ;
Magnitude ;
Social effect ;
Global warming ;
Wetlands ;
Tourism
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
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| NTIS |
PB91-116939 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
12p |
| Abstract |
Interest among public, governmental, and scientific, communities about 'global' climatic warming and the associated meteorological and oceanographic effects, is a topic of very considerable concern (McElroy, 1989; Mitchell, 1989). During the past several years, numerous national and international scientific committees have addressed this problem, as have newspapers and popular magazines. Government-sponsored legislation, particularly in the United States (for example, see Wirth, 1989), has been introduced to deal with the causes of 'global' climate change. Changes in climate are the norm when one studies the history of the Earth. These changes include the glacial epochs and the contemporary climatic variation of the El Nino/Southern Oscillation. Examination of palaeoclimatic records illustrate considerable natural and spatial variability which makes long-term (20-100 years) forecasting of climate change highly uncertain. Future climate (and arguably the present), however, will be influenced by Man-induced as well as natural processes. Together, these factors will cause future climate to evolve in uncertain ways. |
| Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Environmental Conservation, v17 n1 p51-60 1990. Also pub. as Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA. Coastal Research Center rept. no. WHOI-CONTRIB-7,180. Presented at the Annual General Meeting of the Caribbean Conservation Association Program Workshop on 'Global Environmental Issues' (23rd), Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, August 3, 1989. Prepared in cooperation with Woods Hole Oce |
| NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
| Category Codes |
55C; 48F#; 47C#; 47B |
| NTIS Prices |
PC A03/MF A01 |
| Primary Description |
600/05 |
| Document Type |
NT |
| Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
| Control Number |
036523324 |
| Origin |
NTIS |
| Type |
CAT |
