Climate Change Science Program: Difference between revisions

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focus: identify science that can help the U.S. address global change risks
solar irradiance, etc., are also factors
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The first of 21 reports to be produced concluded that the lower atmosphere is growing warmer and that there is "clear evidence of human influences on the climate system." [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/03/science/03climate.html]
 
The program also reports that:
:"Fluctuations in the amount of energy emitted by the Sun, slight deviations in the Earth's orbit, volcanic injections of gases and particles into the atmosphere, and natural variations in ocean temperatures and currents, all cause variability and changes in climate conditions."
 
== See also ==
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* [[National Assessment on Climate Change]]
* [[Orbiting Carbon Observatory]]
* [[solar irradiance]]
 
== External links ==