Climate Change Impacts on the United States is part of a national process of research analysis and dialogue about the coming changes in climate, their impacts, and what Americans can do to adapt to an uncertain and continuously changing climate. The report was called for by a 1990 law and was written by the National Assessment Synthesis Team (NAST), a committee of experts drawn from governments, universities, industry, and non-governmental organizations. The NAST produced two documents: the longer Foundation Report and the Overview Report, which is significantly more accessible and shorter. The two reports cover all areas of the United States and are peer-reviewed documents that synthesize results from studies. They identify key climatic vulnerabilities of particular regions and sectors in the context of other changes in the nation's environment, resources, and economy.
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'... it is essential reading for all serious workers in the climatic change impact field.' J. G. Lockwood, International Journal of Climatology
'... this is a required read for the climate change crew.' Susan M. Capalbo, Great Plains Research
'... this is a required read for the climate change crew.' Susan M. Capalbo, Great Plains Research
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The National Assessment of Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change is a landmark project in the ongoing effort to understand what climate change means for the U.S. The report identifies key climatic vulnerabilities of particular regions and sectors in the context of other changes in the nation's environment, resources, and economy. It also explores ways Americans can adapt to an uncertain and continuously changing climate.
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Great Plains, United States, New York, Pacific Northwest, Forest Service, Puerto Rico, North America, Cambridge University Press, New England, American Water Resources Association, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, United Kingdom, Rocky Mountains, Department of Agriculture, Bering Sea, Intergovernmental Panel, New Mexico, Colorado State University, Pacific Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, Geophysical Research Letters, University of Washington, Hadley Centre, Environmental Protection Agency, University of California New!
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- Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change: Contribution of Working Group I to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change by John T. Houghton on 5 pages
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa): Background, Issues, Bibliography by C. V. Anderson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change: Implications for Natural and Managed Ecosystems (International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Book Series) by Brian Walker on page 277, and page 520
- The Regional Impacts of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability by Robert T. Watson on page 519
- Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming: Mitigation, Adaptation, and the Science Base by Panel on Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming on page 68
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