Changing climate.

Carbon Dioxide Assessment Committee. Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate. Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources. National Research Council.

1983

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CARBON DIOXIDE ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE. THE OUTLOOK. Future CO2 emissions. Future atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Changing climate with changing CO2. Detection CO2-induced changes. Agricultural impacts. Water supplies. Sea level, antarctic, and arctic. SERIOUSNESS OF PROJECTED CHANGES. POSSIBLE RESPONSES. CONCLUDING REMARKS. FUTURE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS FROM FOSSIL FUELS. FUTURE PATHS OF ENERGY AND CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS. REVIEW OF ESTIMATES OF FUTURE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION. PAST AND FUTURE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE. INTRODUCTION. CARBON DIOXIDE AND THE OCEANS. BIOTIC EFFECTS ON THE CONCENTRATION OF ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE:REVIEW AND PROJECTION. METHANE HYDRATES IN CONTINENTAL SLOPE SEDIMENTS AND INCREASING ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE. SENSITIVITY STUDIES USING CARBON CYCLE MODELS. EFFECTS ON CLIMATE. EFFECTS OF CARBON DIOXIDE. EFFECTS OF NON-CO2 GREENHOUSE GASES. DETECTION AND MONITORING OF CO2-INDUCED CLIMATE CHANGES. HAVE CO2-INDUCED SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGES ALREADY OCURRED?. STRATEGY FOR MONITORING CO2-INDUCED CLIMATE CHANGE. AGRICULTURE AND A CLIMATE CHANGED BY MORE CARBON DIOXIDE. EFFECTS OF CO2 ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND PLANT GROWTH. PREDICTING THE CHANGES IN YIELD THAT WILL FOLLOW A CHANGE TO A WARMER, DRIER CLIMATE. PATHOGENS AND INSECT PESTS. IRRIGATION IN A WARMER AND DRIER CLIMATE. ADAPTING TO THE CHANGE TO A WARMER, DRIER CLIMATE. EFFECTS OF A CARBON DIOXIDE-INDUCED CLIMATIC CHANGE ON WATER SUPPLIES IN THE WESTERN UNITES STATES. PROBABLE FUTURE CHANGES IN SEA LEVEL RESULTING FROM INCREASED ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE. CLIMATIC CHANGE: IMPLICATIONS FOR WELFARE AND POLICY. SCHEMA FOR ASSESSMENT AND CHOICE. SUMMING UP.

Presenta tbls., diagrs., gráfs. y maps. Report of the Carbon Dioxide Assessment Committee

GENERAL; CAMBIO CLIMATICO; ANHIDRIDO CARBONICO; EMISIONES DE CARBONO; ABASTECIMIENTO DE AGUA; AGRICULTURA; IMPACTO AMBIENTAL; COMBUSTIBLES FOSILES; OCEANOS Y MARES; CONTAMINANTES ATMOSFERICOS; RESIDUOS; ATMOSFERA; METANO; MODELOS; EFECTOS EN EL CLIMA; EFECTO INVERNADERO; FOTOSINTESIS; BIENESTAR SOCIAL; POLITICA AMBIENTAL;