Processes for identifying regional influences of and responses to increasing atmospheric CO{sub 2} and climate change - the MINK project: An overview

Rosenberg, N J; Crosson, P R

doi:10.2172/538038

Title: Processes for identifying regional influences of and responses to increasing atmospheric CO{sub 2} and climate change - the MINK project: An overview

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Scientists believe that a serious change in the climate of the earth could occur in the course of the next two to five decades as a result of warming caused by the rapid accumulation of radiatively active trace gases in the atmosphere. There is concern that not only the amount of warming but the rate at which it occurs could be unprecedented, at least since the current interglacial period began. Scientific uncertainties remain in our understanding of the climatic changes that may follow from greenhouse warming. Nevertheless, large and rapid changes in regional climate are conceivable. General circulation models (GCMs) predict changes for the central U.S. as large as an 8{degrees}C increase in mean summertime temperature accompanied by a 1 mm/day decrease in mean precipitation. Most predictions are less extreme but, so long as the direction of change is credible, efforts are warranted to identify just what kinds of impacts to expect if society chooses to allow climate to change or cannot stop it from changing, and just what might be done to adjust to those impacts.

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Rosenberg, N J; Crosson, P R ^[1]

Resources for the Future, Washington, DC (United States)

Publication Date:: Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991

Research Org.:: Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (United States). Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 538038

Report Number(s):: DOE/RL-01830T-H5(TRO52A); TRO-52A
ON: DE98000433; TRN: 97:005496

DOE Contract Number:: AC06-76RL01830

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: PBD: Aug 1991

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY; 58 GEOSCIENCES; CLIMATIC CHANGE; FORECASTING; MONITORING; GREENHOUSE GASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; USA; AGRICULTURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; CARBON DIOXIDE; MISSOURI; IOWA; NEBRASKA; KANSAS

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                    Rosenberg, N J, and Crosson, P R. Processes for identifying regional influences of and responses to increasing atmospheric CO{sub 2} and climate change - the MINK project: An overview.  United States: N. p., 1991. 
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                    Rosenberg, N J, & Crosson, P R. Processes for identifying regional influences of and responses to increasing atmospheric CO{sub 2} and climate change - the MINK project: An overview.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/538038

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                    Rosenberg, N J, and Crosson, P R. 1991.  
        "Processes for identifying regional influences of and responses to increasing atmospheric CO{sub 2} and climate change - the MINK project: An overview".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/538038.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/538038.

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  abstractNote = {Scientists believe that a serious change in the climate of the earth could occur in the course of the next two to five decades as a result of warming caused by the rapid accumulation of radiatively active trace gases in the atmosphere. There is concern that not only the amount of warming but the rate at which it occurs could be unprecedented, at least since the current interglacial period began. Scientific uncertainties remain in our understanding of the climatic changes that may follow from greenhouse warming. Nevertheless, large and rapid changes in regional climate are conceivable. General circulation models (GCMs) predict changes for the central U.S. as large as an 8{degrees}C increase in mean summertime temperature accompanied by a 1 mm/day decrease in mean precipitation. Most predictions are less extreme but, so long as the direction of change is credible, efforts are warranted to identify just what kinds of impacts to expect if society chooses to allow climate to change or cannot stop it from changing, and just what might be done to adjust to those impacts.},

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