Table A2. Examples of Data Needed from Outside the USGCRP
| Topical Questions | Data and Information Examples |
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| How will climate change affect temperature, precipitation, soil moisture patterns, and the general distribution of water on the land surface, and how will these changes in turn influence the atmosphere? |
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| How do different coastal regions respond geologically and ecologically to rising sea level, and how can the contributions from changes in climate be differenti-ated from those due to tectonic processes? |
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| How do the oceans interact with the atmosphere in the storage, transport, and uptake of heat? |
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| In which ecological systems and species are significant changes most likely to occur, and what attributes of importance to humans will be at risk? |
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| What are the natural ranges and rates of change in the climate and environmental systems? |
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| What are the effects of volcanic emissions on regional and global climate? |
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| What is needed to develop the information required to verify models of interaction between human and natural systems and to assess the likelihood of changes in those processes? |
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