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      Abrupt Climate Change: Inevitable Surprises

      Committee on Abrupt Climate Change,National Research Council

      This text present a comprehensive review of the current scientific evidence and theoretical knowledge to fully understand what is known about abrupt climate change.

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      Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change: Anticipating Surprises

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Committee on Understanding and Monitoring Abrupt Climate Change and Its Impacts

      Climate is changing, forced out of the range of the past million years by levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases not seen in the Earth’s atmosphere for a…

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      Understanding Climate Change Feedbacks

      Panel on Climate Change Feedbacks,Climate Research Committee,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Feedbacks are processes in the climate system that can either amplify or dampen the system’s response to changed forcings. This study looks at what is known and not known about…

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      Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions

      Committee on the Science of Climate Change,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The warming of the Earth has been the subject of intense debate and concern for many scientists, policy-makers, and citizens for at least the past decade. Climate Change Science: An…

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      Thinking Strategically: The Appropriate Use of Metrics for the Climate Change Science Program

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Climate Research Committee,Committee on Metrics for Global Change Research

      Metrics - a system of measurement that includes the item being measured, the unit of measurement, and the value of the unit - offers a tool for measuring climate research…

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      Radiative Forcing of Climate Change: Expanding the Concept and Addressing Uncertainties

      Committee on Radiative Forcing Effects on Climate,Climate Research Committee,National Research Council

      Reviews knowledge of climate forcings, and recommends critical research needed to improve understanding. Whereas emphasis usually has been on how these climate forcings affect global mean temperature, this book finds…

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      Analysis of Global Change Assessments: Lessons Learned

      Committee on Analysis of Global Change Assessments,National Research Council

      In this context, assessments are the vehicles by which the scientific community translates its technical findings into a form that policy makers can understand and make use of. This study…

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      National Security Implications of Climate Change for U.S. Naval Forces

      Committee on National Security Implications of Climate Change for U.S. Naval Forces,National Research Council

      In response to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), the National Research Council appointed a committee operating under the auspices of the Naval Studies Board to study the national security…

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      Capacity of U.S. Climate Modeling to Support Climate Change Assessment Activities

      Climate Research Committee,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The U.S. government has pending before it the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement to limit the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), which is largely based on the threat…

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      Monitoring Climate Change Impacts: Metrics at the Intersection of the Human and Earth Systems

      Committee on Indicators for Understanding Global Climate Change,National Research Council

      The stresses associated with climate change are expected to be felt keenly as human population grows to a projected 9 billion by the middle of this century, increasing the demand…

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      Frontiers in Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems: Summary of a Workshop

      Committee for the Workshop on Frontiers in Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems,National Research Council

      The polar regions are experiencing rapid changes in climate. These changes are causing observable ecological impacts of various types and degrees of severity at all ecosystem levels, including society. Even…

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      Ozone Depletion, Greenhouse Gases, and Climate Change

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Committee on Global Change

      Ozone depletion in the stratosphere and increases in greenhouse gases in the troposphere are both subjects of growing concern. This volume presents the data and theories available on ozone depletion…

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      Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change

      Committee on Strategic Advice on the U.S. Climate Change Science Program,National Research Council

      With effective climate change mitigation policies still under development, and with even the most aggressive proposals unable to halt climate change immediately, many decision makers are focusing unprecedented attention on…

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      Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate

      Panel on Strategies and Methods for Climate-Related Decision Support,National Research Council

      Everyone–government agencies, private organizations, and individuals–is facing a changing climate: an environment in which it is no longer prudent to follow routines based on past climatic averages. State and local…

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      Evaluating Progress of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program: Methods and Preliminary Results

      Committee on Strategic Advice on the U.S. Climate Change Science Program,National Research Council

      The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) coordinates the efforts of 13 federal agencies to understand why climate is changing, to improve predictions about how it will change in the…

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      Understanding Earth’s Deep Past: Lessons for Our Climate Future

      Committee on the Importance of Deep-Time Geologic Records for Understanding Climate Change Impacts,National Research Council,National Academies

      There is little dispute within the scientific community that humans are changing Earth’s climate on a decadal to century time-scale. By the end of this century, without a reduction in…

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      Review of the U.S. Climate Science Program’s Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.3, Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate

      Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program's Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.3,National Research Council

      This National Research Council (NRC) report reviews a draft of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.3, Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate…

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      Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s Synthesis and Assessment Product on Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Climate Research Committee,Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program's Synthesis and Assessment Product on Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere

      The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP), established in 2002 to coordinate climate and global change research conducted in the United States and to support decision-making on climate-related issues, is…

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      Confronting Climate Change: Strategies for Energy Research and Development

      Committee on Alternative Energy Research and Development Strategies,Energy Engineering Board,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council

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      Climate, Climatic Change and Water Supply

      Panel on Water and Climate,Geophysics Study Committee,Geophysics Research Board,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

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      Climate Change Education in Formal Settings, K-14: A Workshop Summary

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Science Education,Steering Committee on Climate Change Education in Formal Settings, K-14

      Climate change is occurring, is very likely caused by human activities, and poses significant risks for a broad range of human and natural systems. Each additional ton of greenhouse gases…

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      Review of the U.S. Climate Science Program’s Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.2, Best Practice Approaches for Characterizing, Communicating, and Incorporating Scientific Uncertainty in Climate Decision Making

      Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program's Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.2,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      This report reviews the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s new draft assessment product on characterizing and communicating uncertainty information for climate change decision making, one of 21 climate change assessment…

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      Himalayan Glaciers: Climate Change, Water Resources, and Water Security

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board

      Scientific evidence shows that most glaciers in South Asia’s Hindu Kush Himalayan region are retreating, but the consequences for the region’s water supply are unclear, this report finds. The Hindu…

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      Implementing Climate and Global Change Research: A Review of the Final U.S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan

      Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The book reviews a draft strategic plan from the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, a program formed in 2002 to coordinate and direct U.S. efforts in climate change and global…

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      A Review of the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s Strategic Plan

      Committee to Advise the U.S. Global Change Research Program,National Research Council

      The U.S. government supports a large, diverse suite of activities that can be broadly characterized as global change research. Such research offers a wide array of benefits to the nation…

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      Climate Change Education: Preparing Future and Current Business Leaders: A Workshop Summary

      Steering Committee on Climate Change Education to Prepare Future and Current Business Leaders,Board on Science Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      Climate change poses challenges as well as opportunities for businesses and, broadly speaking for the entire economy. Businesses will be challenged to provide services or products with less harmful influence…

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      Modeling the Health Risks of Climate Change: Workshop Summary

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Standing Committee on Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions

      Climate change poses risks to human health and well-being through shifting weather patterns, increases in frequency and intensity of heat waves and other extreme weather events, rising sea levels, ocean…

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      Climate Change Education: Engaging Family Private Forest Owners on Issues Related to Climate Change: A Workshop Summary

      Steering Committee on Engaging Family Private Forest Owners on Issues Related to Climate Change,Board on Science Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      The forested land in the United States is an asset that is owned and managed not only by federal, state, and local governments, but also by families and other private…

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      Climate and Social Stress: Implications for Security Analysis

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Environmental Change and Society,Committee on Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Social and Political Stresses

      Recommends a range of research and policy actions to create a whole-of-government approach to increasing understanding of complex and contingent connections between climate and security, and to inform choices about…

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      Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s Draft Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.4: Trends in Emissions of Ozone Depleting Substances, Ozone Layer Recovery, and Implications for Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure

      Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program's Draft Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.4,National Research Council

      The US Climate Change Science Program produces draft assessments that investigate changes in the Earth’s climate and related systems. This National Research Council book commends the assessment’s authoring team for…

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      Facilitating Climate Change Responses: A Report of Two Workshops on Insights from the Social and Behavioral Sciences

      Panel on Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change Through the Behavioral and Social Sciences,National Research Council

      With Collateral Observations And Remarks On Agricultural Cattle, Plants, Implements, Etc.

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      New Directions in Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaptation Assessment: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council

      The effects of climate change will touch every corner of the world’s economies and societies. This book summarizes a National Research Council workshop at which presentations and discussion identified specific…

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