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Record Nr.

UNINA9910706207803321

Titolo

Climate science special report : fourth National Climate Assessment / / U.S. Global Change Research Program

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : U.S. Global Change Research Program, , 2017-2018

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (2 volumes) : color illustrations

Soggetti

Climatic changes - United States

Climatic changes - Risk assessment

Human beings - Effect of climate on

Environmental indicators

Greenhouse gases - Environmental aspects - United States

Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric - United States

Global environmental change

Climatic changes

Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric

Greenhouse gases - Environmental aspects

United States Climate Forecasting

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Volume I accompanied by executive summary.

"This report ... represents the first of two volumes of the Fourth National Climate Assessment"--Volume I report home page.

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) serves as the administrative lead agency for the preparation of NCA4"--Volume I, page 1.

"Early in the development of NCA4, experts and Administration officials recognized that conducting a comprehensive physical science assessment (Volume I) in advance of an impacts assessment (Volume II) would allow one to inform the other. The Climate Science Special Report, released in November 2017 is Volume I of NCA4"--Volume II, page 38.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



Nota di contenuto

Volume I. Climate science special report -- Volume II. Impacts, risks, and adaptation in the United States.