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Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate : Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate : Frequently Asked Questions

This brochure corresponds with the Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate Synthesis and Assessment Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. It highlights observed changes and likely projections in North American weather, and how changes in North American weather are likely to have an adverse economic effect.
Date: 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate and Airborne Pollutants (open access)

Climate and Airborne Pollutants

This brochure provides an overview of how air pollutants have an impact on climate change.
Date: 2008
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Report 3.4: Abrupt Climate Change Summary and Findings (open access)

U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Report 3.4: Abrupt Climate Change Summary and Findings

This brochure identifies four types of abrupt climate change that would pose major risks to global health, security, and the economy.
Date: unknown
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reanalysis and Attribution: Understanding How and Why Recent Climate Has Varied and Changed (open access)

Reanalysis and Attribution: Understanding How and Why Recent Climate Has Varied and Changed

This brochure discusses climate change, and scientific methods of making climate observations.
Date: 2008
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Ozone Layer: Ozone Depletion, Recovery in a Changing Climate, and the "World Avoided" (open access)

The Ozone Layer: Ozone Depletion, Recovery in a Changing Climate, and the "World Avoided"

This brochure describes the role of ozone in the stratosphere, and the effect it has on ultraviolet light, as well as how the Montreal Protocol and subsequent laws have affected ozone-depleting pollutants in the atmosphere.
Date: 2008
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Models: Frequently Asked Questions about computer climate models and their uses, strengths and limitations (open access)

Climate Models: Frequently Asked Questions about computer climate models and their uses, strengths and limitations

This brochure describes methods and technologies for assessing and predicting climate change.
Date: 2008
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
Human Health and Welfare and Climate Change: Summary and Findings of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (open access)

Human Health and Welfare and Climate Change: Summary and Findings of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program

This brochure summarizes a report of the same title. It describes the likely impacts of climate change on human health, and potential adaptation strategies to limit the risks and damages.
Date: 2008
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Resources and Climate Prediction: Linking Science with Decisions (open access)

Water Resources and Climate Prediction: Linking Science with Decisions

This brochure summarizes research that focuses on the scientific ability to predict climate on seasonal and year-to-year timescales and the opportunity to incorporate such information into water resource management decisions.
Date: 2008
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
Findings of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Report 2.2: The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report: North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle (open access)

Findings of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Report 2.2: The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report: North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle

This brochure describes sources of carbon emissions in North America, and ways to remove those emissions from the atmosphere.
Date: 2007
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change and Ecosystems Summary of Recent Findings (open access)

Climate Change and Ecosystems Summary of Recent Findings

This fact sheet summarizes information from a recent assessment of possible adaptation options to protect climate-sensitive ecosystems in the United States.
Date: unknown
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library