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Warming and Climate Change
- A publication prepared by researchers in the Department of Engineering
and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University to explain the issue
of global warming and climate change to a general audience. Issues addressed
include: The science of global warming; the potential impacts of climate
change, and the range of policy responses to the threat of climate change.
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- Environmental Effects
of Ozone Depletion (1996 Executive Summary)
- This United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) report comes between
the Assessments of 1994 and 1998 on the Environmental Effects of Ozone
Depletion. The Executive Summary presented here confirms previous research
and presents new findings concerning: Ozone and UV changes; health effects
of ozone depletion; and the effects of ozone depletion on terrestrial
and aquatic ecosystems as well as on biogeochemical cycles and air quality.
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- Sustainable Development
and Global Climate Change: Conflicts and Connections
- Proceedings of a conference sponsored by the Center for Environmental
Information, Inc., Dec 4-5, 1995, Washington, D.C. Climate change scientists
addressed the following topics:
- SESSION I. The Climate Change Phenomenon and Sustainability
- SESSION II. Sustainability and Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation
and Mitigation Options
- SESSION III. Sustainable Development and Climate Change: Economic
Assessment
- SESSION IV. Sustainable Development and Climate Change: Science
for Policy in the Face of Uncertainty
Our Changing Planet - The FY 1997 US
Global Change Research Program
An annual report by the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
(CENR) of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). Our
Changing Planet describes the US Global Change Research Program
for FY 1997. Federal Agency activities and funding levels are presented.
Program Guide to
Federally Funded Environment and Natural Resources R&D
The Program Guide provides information on the types of research and
development activities that are supported by Federal agencies in the
area of environment and natural resources, the mechanisms used by agencies
to select R&D recipients of Federal R&D dollars, and potential
funding opportunities.
Climate Change
and Human Health
A scientific assessment of the impact that climate change might have
on the health of the world's population. Addressed to policy-makers
as well as researchers, the report adopts a cautious approach, using
the best scientific studies to provide reasonable prediction and realistic
recommendations for action. Throughout the report, the complexities
of climate change, the limitations of current research methodologies,
and the consequent uncertainty of future predictions are repeatedly
emphasized.
Geological Indicators of Rapid Environmental
Change: An International Checklist
As a contribution to integrated environmental/ecological monitoring
and state-of-the-environment reporting, the International Union of Geological
Sciences (IUGS) through its Commission on Geological Sciences for Environmental
Planning has developed the first version of a checklist of geoindicators.
These have been compiled as tools for tracking changes in the dominantly
abiotic components of forest, aquatic, desert, coastal, polar, mountain
and other terrestrial ecosystems.
Our Changing Planet - The FY 1996 US
Global Change Research Program
An annual report by the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Research (CENR) of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC).
Our Changing Planet describes the US Global Change Research Program
for FY 1996. Federal Agency activities and funding levels are presented.
- FY 1996 USGCRP Program
Summaries
A companion to Our Changing Planet, the program summaries are
agency-supplied descriptions which offer a detailed overview of the
Federal agency programs included in the focused budget of the USGCRP.
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