Climate change impacts on the United States : the potential consequences of climate variability and change : overview : a report of the National Assessment Synthesis Team, US Global Change Research Program.
Our climate is now changing at a rapid rate, and even greater climate change is very likely in the 21st century. Temperatures are projected to rise more rapidly in the next one hundred years than in the last 10, 000 years. This assessment has involved thousands of Americans in an ongoing national di...
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| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Online Access: | Portions of report Table of contents Publisher description http://www.bea.gov/bea/ai1.htm#FDIUS |
| Summary: | Our climate is now changing at a rapid rate, and even greater climate change is very likely in the 21st century. Temperatures are projected to rise more rapidly in the next one hundred years than in the last 10, 000 years. This assessment has involved thousands of Americans in an ongoing national dialogue about climate change and its impacts. The report identifies key climatic vulnerabilities of particular regions and sectors in the context of other changes in the nation's environment, resources, and economy. It also explores ways Americans can adapt to an uncertain and continuously changing climate. |
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| Physical Description: | 154 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm |
| ISBN: | 0521000742 9780521000741 |