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
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