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FROM VOLUME 6, NUMBER 12, DECEMBER 1993

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS...
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE: MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENTS AND SOCIETY

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"Overview and Synthesis of the International Conference on Mountain Environments in Changing Climates," M. Beniston (Inst. Geog., Swiss Fed. Inst. Technol., Zurich, Switz.), Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 74(6), 1075-1079, June 1993.

Reports on a multidisciplinary conference (Davos, Switz., Oct. 1992). Topics included: observations and models, paleoclimates, glaciers and hydrology, and socioeconomic impacts.

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"Climate Change: Adaptive Strategies from Mountain People," S.P. Adhikary (Dept. Hydrol. & Meteor., Kathmandu, Nepal), World Resour. Rev., 4(1), 11-22, 1992.

The livelihood of the people of Nepal is threatened by global warming. Adaptive strategies include careful utilization of potential water resources and rejuvenation of Nepal's forests as a carbon sink.