Changing climate. Report of the Carbon Dioxide Assessment Committee

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6472528

The report presents a comprehensive assessment of the CO/sub 2/ issue. Included in the assessment are: identification of risks and prospective changes; estimation of probabilities of their occurrence; linkage of such events with various environmental and social consequences, and evaluation of the risks by comparison with costs, with other risks, with benefits, with alternative ways of reducing risks, or with risks of substitute activities. CO/sub 2/ emissions and concentrations are projected; possible climatic changes are assessed, implications of increasing CO/sub 2/ and climatic change for agriculture, water, sea level, and other selected areas are examined. (ACR)

• Research Organization: National Research Council, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-81ER60028
• OSTI ID: 6472528
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/60028-T1; ON: DE85001845
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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