Report of US/USSR workshop on the climatic effects of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6782597

Working scientists representing a broad spectrum of disciplines from the United States and the Soviet Union met in a workshop to discuss details of past, present, and future changes of CO/sub 2/ in the atmosphere and the possible climatic consequences of those changes. It was concluded that the effects of authropogenic activities on the atmosphere are increasing; climate models indicate that the principal climatic consequences of the CO/sub 2/ increase may be an overall global warming of a few degrees C by the end of the 21st century; that the greatest warming is likely to occur in high latitudes; that such warming may have important consequences on the biosphere; and that it is necessary to pursue further coordinated research. (ACR)

• Research Organization: US/USSR Agreement on Protection of the Environment. Working Group VIII
• OSTI ID: 6782597
• Report Number(s): CONF-810687-Exec.Summ.; ON: DE82904421
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CLIMATES
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FORECASTING
GLOBAL ASPECTS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MEETINGS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
VARIATIONS