An Investment in Science for the Nation's Future
A Report by the Subcommittee on Global Change Research,
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Research of the National
Science and Technology Council
A Supplement to the President's Fiscal Year 1996 Budget
Table of Contents
Letter to Congress Executive
Summary 1. Introduction
2. Seasonal to Interannual Climate Fluctuations
and Related Events
3. Climate Change over the Next Few Decades
4. Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Increased
UV Radiation
5. Changes in Land Cover and in Terrestrial
and Marine Ecosystems
6. Crosscutting Aspects of Global Change Research
7. International Cooperation
A. Seasonal to Interannual Climate Change
B. Climate Change Over the Next Few Decades
C. Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Increased
UV Radiation
D. Changes in Land Cover and inTerrestrial
and Marine Ecosystems Appendices
A: The Proposed USGCRP Budget for Fiscal Year
1996
B: Fiscal Year 1995-1996 USGCRP Budget by Program
C: History of the USGCRP
D: Global Change Related Acronyms
E: Subcommittee on Global Change Research
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