Global climate change: Implications, challenges and mitigation measures

Book · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:6146675

Majumdar, S K; Kalkstein, L S; Yarnal, B M; Miller, E W; Rosenfeld, L M

The present volume discusses topics in the fields of natural climatic fluctuations, the greenhouse effect, climate modeling, the biophysical and socioeconomic impacts of climate change, climate-change effect mitigation and adaptation strategies, and domestic (US) and international perspectives on regulation of climate-affecting activities. Attention is given to past climates as a guide to the future, the certainty of contemporary global warming, the physics of the greenhouse effect, the global carbon cycle, general circulation model studies of global warming, the implications of sea-level rise, forests' role in global climate change, the ecological effects of rapid climate change, predicted effects of climate change on agriculture, the impact of global warming on human health, energy supply technologies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and the U.N.'s 1992 Earth Summit Conference.

• OSTI ID: 6146675
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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